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Unknown Maker, American

Stays

Maker

Unknown Maker, American

Culture

American

Title

Stays

Year

late 1700s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

wool, leather, linen

Dimensions

41.9 cm (16 1/2 inches) (length)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the children of Mrs. Lemuel Arnold in her memory

Object Number

10.044

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 16: Intimacy

RISD Museum’s Manual 16 Embraces Intimacy

Intimacy reveals something deeply human in us. We need each other on a practical level, which means having to trust strangers. It’s analogous to what I understand prayer requires and what writing poems requires: an openness to the unknown, coupled with trust, a belief that we won’t be hurt. It’s at once akin to and the same as devotion.
-Carl Phillips

The RISD Museum’s sixteenth issue of Manual touches on the bonds of intimacy and its many expressions. This issue complements the exhibition Any distance between us, co-curated by Stephen Truax and Dominic Molon, on view at the RISD Museum through March 13, 2022.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, American
Stays, late 1700s
wool; linen; leather
41.9 cm (16 1/2 inches) (length)
Gift of the children of Mrs. Lemuel Arnold in her memory 10.044

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