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Start Over Donor Kathleen Vitale Materials Gold (metal)
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 7-10059, described as Belt; 66 cm l., 3.5 cm w., fringe 13.5 cm. Greek key pattern; connected rectangle pattern; abstract designs; black with gold and silver fron with yellowand silver stripe at one end, brown at other end; course off-white on back w/ black at one end and brass(?) at the other; fringe made of bunched weft threaqds, wrapped in black gold or pink. back is basted together with and wool threads in middle of back.
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 9-21471, described as Belting: Supplemental weft; dark blue and metallic gold thread; floral motifs within triangles with diagonal shapes. L=13cm x W=2.9cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Panel, accession number 9-21547, described as Woven picture panel; W=24 cm x L=47 cm; brocade; gold background with 4 female figures playing music, trees, flowers, birds and goats; multi-colored bird border; black warp; supplemental weft patterning for the brocade; two-sided- threads are floated across the back;
Hearst Museum object titled Panel, accession number 9-21569, described as Skirt panel; emboidered yellow-orange satin;pieced from four pieces of fabric, two embroidered, two plain sewn along selvedge opposite embroidered edge. Bright multicolor embroidery of stylized birds and flowers: border along selvedge made up of 4 bands; geometric designs on each side of birds and flowers; band, and looping flowere design; purple and gold metallic small metal mirrors as eyes of birds and flower centers in border; ribbon sewn along full length of selvedge.
Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 9-21552, described as Man’s robe; off-white, sleeveless robe. Twill weave; gold supplemental weft designs and braid along front opening, shoulders and armholes; 3 stripes of gold near center of each front; 52.5 cm x 15.75 cm gold chevron with flame-like extensions ending in leaf-like sahpeas at shoulders; supplemental weft gold stripe extending 32 cm from shoulder; 15 cm gold stripe under each armhole; back covered with similar shapes as front; 59 cm x 69.5 cm central panel; 2 9 cm x 48 cm shapes on side of center panel; hem of back has 61 cm x 28.5 cm gold flame-like extensions ending with leaf-like shapes; special braiding around neck edge; paper interfacing on back neckline
Hearst Museum object titled Rubbing, accession number 9-21660, described as Temple rubbing; gold pigment rubbing on very thin black paper. Image is of a 4four-armed, standing figure w/ a bow, and two zoomorphic figures crouching on either side w/ a stylized tree in the background.
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-21492, described as Sari; plain weave; discontinuous supplemental weft; light salmon-colored background with white warp and weft stripes; tiny dashes of red and green between white plain; pattern end has two bands of 5 varying widths of gold weft stripes with 4 diamond motifs made of red and green dashes between the bands; 2cm of unwoven warps followed by 2cm of woven cloth at both ends; selvages made up of 3 warp strings, 1 narrow purple supplemented warp in twill floats and 2 purple with gold ovals supplemental warp on red background L=520 x W=116
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-21494, described as Sari; plain weave, double warps, single wefts; blue-red background with tiny yellow and light orange checks with scattered 2 faced discontinuous supplement weft motifs in white; selvage border stripes (from outside in) in dark red, bordered by alatenating narrow gold-red stripes, white red, narrow gold, pale yellow and blue stipes. 6.5 cm wide blue-green weft stripe at one end with solitary gold stripe bordered by tiny supplemental warp geometric motifs, white on one side, black on the other side. Two weft-faced light yellow stripes with tiny green checks, two narrow yellow-green check stripes with white motifs in between at other end; 1.5cm area of unwoven warp followed by woven section at both wrapdown
Hearst Museum object titled Sari, accession number 9-21485, described as Sari: Two faced patterning; bright yellow-green cloth with 5 gold metallic warp end band stripes alternating plain gold weft-faced stripes, and with supplemental weft of gold and narrow green supplemental weft in a floral design; supplemental warp gold and red silk side stripes; narrow floral border on bottom; supplemental warp gold floral pattern stripe with dark red centers along both selvages; discontinuous supplemental weft of god diamonds with red or green centers throughout and concentrated into 5 diagonal bands near end border. L=486cm x W=117.5cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Sari; textile, accession number 9-21488, described as Sari; Twill weave; light sea green with 3 rows of gold supplemental twill warp design near 1 selvage; small segments of fibers in magenta and blue inlaid between 2 rows of gold supplemental warp; 6.5 - 7cm inlay strips of gold threads in curvilinear design between 2 rows of gold supplemental warp; white warp with .5sm red-violet twill weave supplemental warp on 1 end; 1cm stripe of gold twill weave supplemental warp on other end; light sea green weft with stripes of gold in varying widths on the last 32cm on 1 end; small area of unwoven warp at both ends L=456cm x W=116cm

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