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Scarf
Rube Goldberg
1930-1975
Description
This cotton scarf, manufactured in the mid-20th century, is printed with two single panel comics by cartoonist Rube Goldberg. The comics originate from Goldberg’s strip “The Inventions of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts, A.K.” and depict his famous “Rube Goldberg machines,” complicated and impractical devices to perform simple tasks. This object is one of a large group transferred to Winterthur from the American Textile History Museum when it closed in 2017.
Category
Textiles (Clothing)
Creator/Artist/Maker
Rube Goldberg (Design source)
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
2017.0019.069.001
Credit Line/Donor
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of Arthur D. Larson and Katharine Larson Kreiser
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Object Number
2017.0019.069.001
Object Name
Scarf
Category
Textiles (Clothing) - American Textile History Museum Collection
Creator (Role)
Rube Goldberg (Design source)
Date
1930-1975
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: right edge of both comics
Inscription: R L Goldberg
Type: Inscription
Location: bottom right of both comics, outside of frame
Inscription: © K. F. S.
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
37.5 (W) x 8 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
95.25 (W) x 20.32 (L)