William Nelson Copley

American
(1919–1996)

Needle with Lace
Date unknown

Assemblage of paper plate, lace, and hypodermic needle in painted wood box with Plexiglas cover
9.875 x 10.25 x 1.875 in.
Gift of the Kathryn C. Wanlass Foundation
2009.82

• assemblage
• cloth - Generally, textile that is woven, felted, knit, pounded, or otherwise made into a flat piece. For textile in the form of continuous strands made from filaments of fiber by reeling, spinning, twisting, or throwing, see "yarn."
• fabric
• surgical needles
• syringes - Cylindrical instruments, most often consisting of a tube mounting a piston, or a tube with a rubber bulb attached, used to draw in liquid, and to eject it in a stream or jet for making injections, taking samples, cleansing, or for other purposes.

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