Object name: Textile / Donor: Paul Vitale / Culture or time period: South Asian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21554, described as Sari; L=536 cm x W=109 cm; very fine (sheer) woven; white warp; pink weft; thin white weft stripes on each end; 2 rows of blue ovals in discontinuous supplemental patterning with white flower and plant designs in center of turquoise blue ovoid shapes; .5 cm of each selvage has white stripe of grouped warp threads; knotted fringe at panel end; small pink tassels attached to one end; other end is cut and unfinished; 2.5 cm from unfinished end is 2.5 cm of open area where warp is unwoven

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21556, described as Sari; pastel gray; wide blue bands alternated w/ narrow yellow bands and a wide yellow band with multicolored chevrons bordering pale blue front panel decorated w/ paisley motifs in yellow, red, blue and green. Warp is grey with 1 cm blue on each selvedge edge; other end has band of white and blue stripes; weft is grey, blue, yellow, green with rows of small green, yellow, blue and red supplemental weft motifs throughout cloth.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21457, described as Sari: Magenta/blue with gold borders; material changes from magenta to blue, depending on the light and position; gold borders and front panel in a floral motif. 114 cm. w x 249 cm. l.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21543, described as Embroidered Cloth; L=260cm x W=131.5 cm; red ground embroidered with off-white, orange, and gold geometric shapes (stars) on light green fine grid; 2 pieces of fabric (L=80 cm and W=51.5 cm) sewn together along length; silk floss embroidery; 3 areas of deep blue-violet patterned embroidery in one corner; worn away orange embroidered pattern along selvedge.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21551, described as Sari; handwoven; plain weave; pale yellow fabric with white embroidery (and drawnwork within some leaf shapes); 40 cm embroidered band at one end; 3 cm wide embroidered flower and vine band extends 1/2 length of sari

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21558, described as Sari; turquoise blue raw silk with brown saw-tooth border and front panel of fine blue-green and brown stripes alternating with finely patterned brown and gold or turquoise and white stripes with supplemental weft patterning within stripes. Note; sari length 203 cm, plus 85 cm; connected by a red warp without weft where it would normally be cut (91 cm from end.)

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21668, described as Shawl: Green and black silk shawl with woven gold pattern at the ends; fringe.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21458, described as Sari: Very rich silk sari in gold with blue and red; elephant motifs plus small birds; wide band of lush gold floral designs and elephants on red on the end panel; fringe is in fine macrame; selvages have wide band of gold. Principle design is of elephants in squares with gold birds at each corner in yellow or red on a blue ground; squares are formed by vertical and horizontal bands of gold. 121cm w. x 503 cm.l.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21486, described as Sari; lightweight plain weave; discontinuous supplemental weft design motifs; warp and weft stripes; supplemental warp designs; light aqua with dark aqua upper and lowe warp edges and end panel; bright red/pink and white decorative floral motifs on dark aqua front panel devided by red/pink double lines; main motifs have 5 white diamonds in center L=409cm x W-100cm

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21459, described as Sari: Royal blue silk sari with gold and red; overall motif of small flowers in a vase; borders are gold with red leaf motif; front panel motif is a gold temple wall with flute players in niches; ends are in macrame. 117 cm w. x528 cm l.