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Start Over Object class Clothing Collector Rachel Gould Mossman
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-21489, described as Tube skirt; 2 woven pieces handsewn together horizontally, then seamed vertically to form a tube; plain weave; supplemental weft geometric design; blue-green background with plaid design with red and turquoise blue stripes; iridescent; central decorative panel of yellow, and red-purple stylized flower motifs border a center panel woven with alternating black and white "spool" shaped forms on either side of red and pale yellow geometric flower designs. Alternating black and white squares in blocks of 4 are placed within squares on one side of the central panel. L=129cm x W=97cm
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 16-20296, described as Skirt; 77 cm l, circum at hem 280 cm; bright pink closely-woven cloth sewn to undyed, ff-white twill band 18 cm and gathered into 2.5 cm waistband; 4 rows of machine stitching on 81 cm waistband. Ties attached to waistband; body of skirt decorated with two sets of horizontal stitched folds (two folds to each set.) Hem has 18 cm decorative panel; hand embroidered flowers, birds, and heart shapes. Tiny shreds of paper remain attached to embroidery stitches, suggesting use of paper pattern. Sawtooth hem faced with pink cotton cloth and decorative stitching at hem prevents fraying.
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 16-20294, described as Skirt; 86 cm l. ;298 circumference at hem; 77 circumference at waistband; 4 pieces of purple-red (color uneven) wool plain hand woven brushed pieces , ca 72 cm w., hand sewn together ; sewn at top to band of 9.5 cm. pink commercial cotton gathered into machine-stitched waist band; 2 ties at waist; 7 cm at hem with multicolored embroidred flowers in couching stitch; backed with red and white gingham; hem cut in saw tooths and decoratively stitched to prevent fraying.
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-21610, described as Skirt ; L=92.0 cm waist to hem; W=92.0 (along hem): Imperial Era; single panel ( 1/2 of a skirt), red pattened silk, with w/ blue and ecru trim; deep blue embroidered bands, and ecru bands w/ Moslem (?) cutout design borders a front panel containing embroidered birds and flowers on a red ground; couched fine metallic threads and crystal buttons around front panel and lower edge. Lowere edge bordered with 5 bands: ecru, red, ecru blue, and ecru. Skirt is attached to a wide waist band with fabric buttons and loop fasteners. Fine pleats border the center panel.
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 9-21490, described as Tube skirt; 2 pieces sewn together horizontally then joined vertically to form a tube; large warp red "checks" are bordered by vertical yellow stripes and double horizontal dark blue stripes; interspersed are narrow 1cm stripes of blue; brown and yellow weft; warp dominant cloth appears as large as large red squares with 4 rectangles of alternately yellow and white supplemental weft at center of each square. 23cm x 7cm area in center panel made up of red rectangles with white, yellow, green, and blue supplemental weft geometric motifs in rectangles and spool-like shapes. L=130.5cm x W=92cm
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21525, described as Shawl; L=236 cm + 2.0 cm fringe x W=84.2cm; dark red cotton shawl; silk supplemental warp pattern of gold, light blue, and pink paisley; overall yellow leaf and floral pattern; .5 cm black cotton border; 6 cm fringe;
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-30275, described as RGM ikot shawl with knotted fringe, color dark blue; 30-1/2 inches wide by 13 feet long.
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 3-30334, described as RGM Mexican serape, Chihuahua (?), 39" by 6 feet, plus fringe; bands of solid black interspersed with rainbow bands where the color starts in very light blue, for example, and migrates to very dark blue through intermediate tones; colors are aqua, orange, pink, yellow, green, brown, and orange; decorative patterns on a wide black band in the middle, and on narrow gray bands at the quarter mark.
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 10-3422, described as shawl; 164 cm x 42 cm excluding fringe; basket weave with columns of yellow supplemental weft; one knotted weft thread in middle of shawl; 14 cm fringe on each end

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