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Sheila Hicks

The Principal Wife,

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  • Sheila Hicks

Title

The Principal Wife

Medium

synthetic fiber, wool, linen, silk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Bundled and wrapped linen,
  • rayon and acrylic yarns; Lucite bar

Techniques

  • Bundled and wrapped linen,
  • rayon and acrylic yarns; Lucite bar

Dimensions

Length: 254 cm (100 inches)

Type

  • Fiber Art

Credit

Gift of in memory of Mary Josephine Cutting Blair

Object Number

2005.42

The Principal Wife

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Publications

Selected Works

Exhibition History

Art and Design from 1900 to Now

June 4, 2022 - December 1, 2030

Term Limits

November 8, 2005 - February 5, 2006
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is The Principal Wife with the accession number of 2005.42. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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