Object class: Needlework (visual works) / Collection place: South Asia / Accession number: Acc.4734 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Panel, accession number 9-21506, described as Embroidered panel; paired warp and weft; chain-stitch embroidery fills the entire panel; off-white base fabric; multi-colored (43.5 cm x 44 cm) scene of female dancer and cymbal player; branch with flowers, leaves, and bird on brown background; yellow and tan-brown figures; selvage on 1 side of ground panel; cut threads on 3 sides.

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 Rug, accession number 9-21659, described as Boiled wool rug: L=125.0cm, W=91.0cm, plus 4.0 cm fringes all around. Boiled & flat-pounded wool, then pieces are cut out and other pieces inserted and stitched into place to form the pattern. Outer color is green w/ white inste and small green a small green inset in the center. Reug is emborodered around the inset edges in two shades of pink. Area between center and outer edgeis filled w/ emroidered flowers and leaves in various shades of green and mustard/gold. Narrow band of pink embroidery forms a border around the entire rug. Pattern is very balanced. Only one emboridery stitich is used throughout; a loop-chain where the new stitch comes up through the center of the last loop.

Hearst Museum object titled Scarf, accession number 9-21516, described as Scarf; off-white wool ground with embroidered designs; square of serpentine in blue, encloses blue,red & dark red small leaf patterns scattered in the enclosed field; four large floral medallions in red, blue and black in corners within square.

Hearst Museum object titled Scarf, accession number 9-21517, described as Scarf; off-white near square, woven in twill with embroidered pattern of curvilianiar border in red, blue, and turquoise forms a square; isolated florals scattered within square and a single corner design of floral motif in one corner; thread ends form unfinished fringe 1 cm on all sides.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21472, described as Shawl: Twill weave, black fabric pieced together; totally covered with embroidered, multicolored floral designs, black 16 rayed center surrounded by large flower petal design with flowers and vases within. L=186cm x W=188cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21511, described as Shawl; double-faced twill weave; brown on 1 side; pink on other side; isolated single flowers and leaves throughout; 10.5 cm wide floral borders; identical embroidery on both sides; soft orange, pink, blue, deep red, and green embroidery on brown side; turquoise, medium blue, yellow ,and green on pink side; orange blanket stitch along selvage; 1.3 cm wide tab of woven area at each selvage is cut and unraveled to form fringe;

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21509, described as Shawl; very fine brown kashmir wool, w/ medium blue single-flower embroidery over all, and band of floral embroidery across each end and along selvedges. 1.5 cm fringe at each end; embroidery is cobalt blue and alternating black and white along selvedges; flowers and leaves are off-white, indigo blue, medium blue and orange.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21466, described as Shawl: Predominately red orange with multicolor patterns; very large curving shapes radiating out from black, star-like, center to corners and sides, top and bottom; filled with small paisleys and floral designs; whole surrounded by 4 borders, two wide, two narrow; additional border of rectangles at warp ends; each solid ground color with curving floral designs; warp fringe in colors of solid ground, small embroidered inscription in center black field. L=191cm x W=188cm, plus 7cm fringe.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21514, described as Shawl; 4 cm decorative wrapped fringe; balanced weave; black with row of orange and yellow floral embroidery at ends and along edge; additional row of paisley/floral motifs and blanket stitch decorate edges; row of wrapped and bundled warp threeadss form small decorative holes 3 cm up from fringe;