Reiko Sudo and Nuno Corporation
Paperclips Neat
1998
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Linen, Overall (originally): 44 1/4 × 119 in. (112.4 × 302.3 cm.)
Other (final length once hemmed to create casing): 116 1/4 in. (295.3 cm.) L
Credit Line
Purchased in Memory of Dena S. Katzenberg, Consultant Curator of Textiles, 1969-2000, with funds contributed by her Family and Friends
Object Number
2002.170
If rubber bands can inspire design, why not paperclips? NUNO made two versions of this textile. In one, the designers scattered the paperclips; in Paperclips Neat, they strung the paperclips end-to-end like beads. Only the scale was changed to protect those guilty of playing with the office supplies. Thus the modern day office environment provides the impetus for a textile design.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2002; NUNO Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Anita Jones, NUNO: Japanese Tradition/Innovation in Cloth, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Jean and Allan Berman Textile Gallery, March 28 - October 14, 2007 (extended from October 7th).
