Field guide No. 1588

A table is draped in a heavy cloth carved from brown wood, folds and all. Above it a white sheet stands rigid and flat like a board.

Material difference

Cloth stands up. Wood lies down.

A table is draped in a heavy cloth carved from brown wood, folds and all. Above it a white sheet stands rigid and flat like a board.

Field noteSwapped duties: timber hangs in soft folds while linen stands stiff as a plank.

Specimen
No. 1588
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Material
Where it doesn’t exist
a green-walled room by a sash window
Nearest existing relative
a dust sheet over furniture
Filed in Fresh slop as
Objects

Also possible, also breaking material