Object type: ethnography / Media available: image / Donor: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-30799, described as Pitched, braided hair handles.

Hearst Museum object titled Bodice, accession number 3-11051a, described as bodice

Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 3-26770, described as collar, cotton lace; collar from woman’s dress, probably made in convent

Hearst Museum object titled Dolman, accession number 3-11059, described as Dolman.

Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 3-11050, described as Gold and sliver colored dress. Short sleeved, pleated at waist, v-shaped bodice, brocade cloth, lace trimmed slip.

Hearst Museum object titled Dress fragment, accession number 3-11052c, described as Part of dress with brown silk floral brocade; varicolored silk floral embroidery. 1.14 M x 38 cm. Probably French 19th century fabric and tailored and embroidered in Mexico.

Hearst Museum object titled Female portrait in gilded frame, accession number 17-276, described as Lady

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-11057, described as Huipil. White linen with dark indigo and pink floral embroidery below neckline and above hem; scalloped neck opening and hem with alternating sections of same colors; small buttonhole openings at sleeves and neck edges for blue and pink Z-twisted cord with tassels at each end. Width 98.1 cm by 109 cm. Huipil means woman’s blouse or dress. Materials: extremely finely woven white linen; hand embroidered in backstitch, satin stitch, french knots and buttonhole stitches using red-brown, black linen thread. Techniques: plain weave, embroidery. Women’s everyday blouse. The cord and tassels in sleeve allow the sleeves to be pulled up in a gathered fashion and tied at the shoulders. Probably made in the 1920s or earlier-- Alejandro de Avila Blomberg. See note from Yolanda Woo in accession envelope. Attributed by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984.

Hearst Museum object titled Lace, accession number 3-26771, described as cuff, cotton lace; cuff for woman’s dress, probably made in convent

Hearst Museum object titled Lace, accession number 3-11069, described as lace