Accession number: Acc.3868 / Function: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Platter, accession number 3-29233, described as Platter, glazed ceramic; slip decoration with central deer, foliage; bird an foliage on rim; brown ground with green, yellow and black designs; 2 perforations at top for suspension rim diameter 34 cm. Petatillo ware.

Hearst Museum object titled Table cover, accession number 9-17037, described as Textile; wall hanging composed of fragments of 5 Turkish towels w/floral designs in beige and blue silk embroidery now forming design of three minerets; beige cotton fringe on all sides; fully backed by plainweave cotton. Later strips (fillers) are on cotton plainweave w/silk chainstitch embroidery. The towels are linenn w/various stitches incl. satin stitch, herringbone and something like drawnwork; the ends of each of the three design panels has remnants of metallic thread on silk core; the undulating cord which connects the carious pieces is silk bound on silk core and has bobbin lace (?) network of raw silk connecting it to the strips and fillers. The towels date from the 18-19th centuries and the embroidered strips are 19th century. Turkey attr. 123cm by 166 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-17036, described as Textile; white cotton plainweave square w/block-printed design in center of Nandi (in brown); four conch shells are at the corners of the white field w/floral border in red, greem and purple); old stains. Handspun cotton in plainweave w/block-printed designs. India, Gujerat attr. (fide N. H.). Made ca. 1947-57 (fide Niloufer Hirschmann). 88 cm by 88 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-17035, described as Textile fragment; scene showing woman bathing outdoors w/servant holding towel behind her; approaching is man on horseback; comm. cotton cloth w/printing done in woodblock technique; floral border below, partial botehs at sides. Cotton cloth w/block-printed design. Persia (Iran) attr. The textile depicts Shireen bathing. Her royal status is indidcated by the crown on the tree. The man on horseback is Kay (king) Khosrow Parviz; he holds his finger to his mouth in the gesture of amazement (at Shireen's beauty). He fell in love with her and made her one of his harem. See sheet in acc. env. with more of the story of Shireen. 45.5 cm by 35 cm.