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Spelunking (From a Curtain)
Eva Lisa Saarien Swanson, (Pipsan)
Cotton, linen, and acetate, weft face of warp-float satin weave; screen printed · 1942
Art Institute of Chicago

Panels (From a Curtain)
Eva Lisa Saarien Swanson, (Pipsan)
Linen, cotton, and acetate, weft-face of warp-float satin weave; screen printed · 1942
Art Institute of Chicago

Spiral Theme
Naum Gabo
Cellulose acetate and Perspex · 1941
Tate

Sample (C. T. 5M)
Robert D. Sailors
Rayon, cotton, linen, acetate, and wool, broken twill weave · 1941
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (Dr 305)
Robert D. Sailors
Rayon, cotton, wool, and cellulose acetate, broken twill weave · 1941
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (17 V #5)
Robert D. Sailors
Cotton, wool, rayon and rabbit hair; strips of rayon and acetate, plain weave; rayon and cotton bouclé; polyester-film-laminated-metal-foil, plain weave · 1941
Art Institute of Chicago
D
Dress
Hardy Amies
acetate, plastic · 1940
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
E
Evening dress
Madeleine Vionnet
a,b) acetate · 1938
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Machine Fodder
Carl Hoeckner
Acetate engraving on ivory wove paper · 1938
Art Institute of Chicago

Construction in Space (Crystal)
Naum Gabo
Cellulose acetate · 1937
Tate

Model for ‘Construction in Space ‘Crystal’’
Naum Gabo
Cellulose acetate · 1937
Tate

Relief no. 12B
César Domela
Masonite, wood, cellulose acetate rods, plastic sheet, metal, brass, paint · 1936
Art Institute of Chicago
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"Patriot"
Norman Bel Geddes
Green plastic: Catalin (phenol formaldehyde)
Red and white plastics: cellulose acetate
Clear plastic: vinylchloride polymer · 1935
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Z
Zephyr
Kem Weber
Brass, urea formaldehyde, cellulose acetate, and (poly)acrylonitrile butadiene styrene · 1934
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Construction: Stone with a Collar
Naum Gabo
Limestone, cellulose acetate and brass on slate base · 1933
Tate

Sample and One Colorway (83.79.956/3.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Silk and acetate, plain weave with supplementary warps and supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; impressed pattern · 1933
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample and One Colorway (83.79.954/1.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Silk and acetate, plain weave with supplementary warps and supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; impressed pattern · 1933
Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment (Furnishing Fabric)
Henry Moore
Rayon and cellulose acetate, plain weave (creped weft); screen printed · 1933
Art Institute of Chicago

Sample (83.79.955/2.)
J B. Martin Company, Inc.
Silk and acetate, plain weave with supplementary warps and supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; impressed pattern · 1930
Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment or Swatch
Fredrica Justina Staack
Acetate and rayon warp-faced plain weave with crepe effect from overspun wefts; printed · 1929
Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment or Swatch
Fredrica Justina Staack
Cellulose acetate and wool, plain weave with crepe effet from overspun wefts; printed · 1929
Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment or Swatch
Fredrica Justina Staack
Acetate and rayon, plain weave with crepe effect from overspun wefts; printed · 1929
Art Institute of Chicago

Fragment or Swatch
Fredrica Justina Staack
Cellulose acetate and silk, plain weave with crepe effect from overspun wefts; printed · 1929
Art Institute of Chicago

Panel
Maison Henry Bertrand
Rayon and acetate, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned ground wefts · 1920
Art Institute of Chicago