Designer
Giò PontiItalian, 1891–1979
ManufacturerManufactured by
Manifattura JsaItalian, active 1949 - 1979
CultureItalian
Titles
- Legge Mediterranea
- Mediterranean Law
Date1954
MediumScreen-printed cotton sateen
Dimensions94 3/8 × 53 3/8 in. (239.7 × 135.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in honor of Nancy Daily
Object number2022.50
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Recto: Artist signature stamped within pattern in gray ink: Gio Ponti [cursive]
Recto: Artist signature stamped within pattern in gray ink: Gio Ponti [cursive]
Recto: Stamped within pattern in blue ink: LEGGE MEDITERRANEA: TUTTO, AL MARE, DEVE ESSERE COLORATISSIMO [Mediterranean Law: Everything at the sea must be very colorful]
Recto: Manufacturer and artist name stamped in black ink along left and right selvages: JSA / disegno di Gio Ponti
Recto: Stamped within pattern in blue ink: LEGGE MEDITERRANEA: TUTTO, AL MARE, DEVE ESSERE COLORATISSIMO [Mediterranean Law: Everything at the sea must be very colorful]
Recto: Manufacturer and artist name stamped in black ink along left and right selvages: JSA / disegno di Gio Ponti
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