Object class: Coverings and hangings / Object type: ethnography / Collection place: Middle East - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bed hanging, accession number 9-15018, described as Runner, bed hanging? Linen, cotton, silk, metal wrapped yarns. Plain weave, "Spanish weave" near ends, embroidered, knotted fringes. Natural ground, varicolored designs. Carnation, other floral motives. 92 inches by 36 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Bed hanging, accession number 9-15023, described as Towel?, bed hanging? Line warp, silk weft, metal wrapped yarns, flat metal strips, silk embroidered. Plain weave, embroidered, brocaded; fringes with tassels. Natural ground, and varicolored designs. Floral motives. 82 inches by 15 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Bed hanging, accession number 9-15015, described as Towel?, bed hanging? Linen, silk, metal wrapped yarns, flat metal strips. Uncut pile on two-two twill, embroidered, fringed. White ground, varicolored designs. Floral motives. 70 inches by 33 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Bed valance, accession number 9-15036, described as Bed valance. Linen, silk. Plain weave, embroidered. Natural ground, and varicolored designs. Floral, foliage motives. 72 inches by 12 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 9-22546, described as quilted blanket for a 'Kursi'. top has center panel with cream background and light and dark tan and blue overall abstract floral pattern; bottom and sides of top burgundy and cream plaid.

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 9-22520, described as lightweight, reversible blanket. recto is preprinted panel with paisley and floral design in bands surrounding a center with floral lozenges; brick red, blue, beige, ecru and black. verso is rose colored floral panel with flowers bordered on navy blue fabric which also forms binding for the top panel.

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 9-23720, described as Blanket, hamza (?) Red-orange predominates, with black border; stripes in turquoise, yellow, purple. Laid-in linear and geometric patterns. 2 panels sewn in center. Warps on one end braided (3") and other edge knotted (2"). Center joins faggotting using plied yarn. S-ply. Commercial dye used. Balanced twill tapestry weave. 11 EPI thread count per inch. Made in Iraq, according to McGuire Gison, in Diwaniya area south of Baghdad. I have seen similar blankets new in the Nuayriyah market, which the seller claimed to have been made there. Have never seen one made.

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket or dividing curtain, accession number 9-23772, described as Blanket or dividing curtain, 6-paneled saha. An old weaving of type not seen in Saudi Arabian Bedouin weaving. Similar to Uzbek Ghazerys in the narrow stripes with 2-3 colors each in saha pickup technique and intricate patterns, fine yarns. This one has 6 strips, none exactly the same size as the other, between 5.5"-8" wide each. Colors are blue, rusty red, light orange, and beige, which was probably white. Panels crudely whip-stitched together. Ends loose. S-ply, natural dyes, 23 EPI. Primarily pickup with stripes of plain weave.

Hearst Museum object titled Blanket or dividing curtain, accession number 9-23773, described as Blanket or dividing curtain, 4-paneled saha. Similar to #115 and Uzbek Ghazerys. Of a type not seen in Saudi Arabia. Colors brighter than #115, with less fine yarns in better condition. Four panels 13" wide each, except for one 12" wide. Panels were taken apart and reassembled in this kind of weaving for variety of uses. Colors: rusty red, red, bright blue, black, pastel peach, which was probably white and color ran. A mended place on an end panel circa 2" in diameter. Strips whip-stitched roughly, ends hemmed with whip-stitch roughly. S-ply, probably natural dyes, saha/pickup with stripes of plain weave.

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