Object class: Huipils / Materials: Cotton (textile) / Accession year: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29287, described as Huipil (blouse); white cotton with large embroidered flowers and geometric embroidery embellished with paired birds; blue velvet trim at neck and arm openings; Width across arms 89 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29173, described as huipil; red cotton ground with greenish-gold stripes, varicolored floral embroidery around neck, binding on sides and center with varicolored rayon on silk floss, round neck with slit down the middle (approx. 4 cms), L. (from neck to bottom) 54 cms, W: 91 cms

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29439a,b, described as Huipil, made from three panels, center panel is red cotton with purple silk stripes at lower edge, multi-colored brocaded and embroidered geometric and zoomorphic design, two side panels are white cotton with multi-colored brocaded geometric and zoomorphic design, one side panel discolored, other panel (B) is detatched. A: Length 86.5 cm, width 94.0 cm, B: Length 86.5 cm, width 39.0 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29908, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, plain weave, two-faced supplemental weft brocading, three pieces joined at back, front, sides, with randa, head hole cut out, hemmed with handstitching, decorated neckpiece, end selvedges loom-finished. Geometric borders, double-headed eagles, dots, triangles, zigzag designs. Materials, techniques: singles, cotton, white; wool, singles, multicolored, silk floss, white, gold; sedalina, two-ply, burgundy, fuchsia. Context of use: Neckpiece of commerical black cloth (faded), outlined with burgandy and magenta yarn; two medalions at shoulders have a pearl-like button at center; neckpiece hand-stitched, hem and cloth torn around lining; randa at mid-length with multi-colored yarns on both sides, front and back, and zigzag randa stitch in cotton blue yarn; uneven lengths in front and back of cloth; multicolored weft yarns found at bottom part. Conservation: Good, some dyes have bled.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-27819, described as Huipil: Woman's white cotton cloth with red vertical stripes. Embroidered decoration in orange and magenta near the neck.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29434, described as huipil; unbleached cotton with supplementry wefts of red and yellow randomly woven. Neckline is embroidered with figures and flower motifs on a yellow ground (silk?) A horizonal band of red, yellow and lavender runs about midsection. The central and side seams are covered by banding of embroidered red and yellow squares. The bottom is hemmed (hand-stitched), the armholes sef-selvaged.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29963, described as huipile, ceremonial, Quezaltenango

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29583, described as Backstrap-loomed; balanced plain weave; single-faced supplemental weft brocading; two lienzos; end-selvedges loom-finished; joined center back and front with loose whip stitch. Uncut head opening. Huipil/blouse. Materials, techniques: Cotton; 3 singles in white; 6 singles in soft red, dark green and dark yellow; 2 two-ply in eggplant purple. Context of use: Collected and donated by Mrs. Esther Bevan, in the name of Imgaard and Jean Johnson. Red may be Alizarin dye, used in the 1930s (M. Schevill) and yellow dye the "old yellow" (de Geng). Iconography is geometric. Cloth label sewn inside onto right back panel, with "PHL A61" written in ink on it. Conservation: Original ground fabric probably once white, now yellowed with age. Good condition. Some spots, stains and supplemental weft brocading coming out in places.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29905, described as Blouse; backstrap-loomed, warp-predominate plain weave; two-faced supplemental weft brocading; two pieces of cloth joined by randa; warps out, hemmed by machine. Geometric designs. 52.5 cm x 78. 5 cm. Materials, techniques: Singles and two-ply cotton, red, blue, turquoise, orange, yellow, purple, dark blue, green, magenta, white, black. Context of use: Red background with jade and yellow vertical stripes and other colored warps worked in to accent on either side; supplemental weft brocading at arm holes have 1.5" fringes of yarn twisted and knotted at both ends, a unique feature of textiles from this town; aide seams also joined by randas.

Hearst Museum object titled Huipil, accession number 3-29437, described as Huipil, constructed from three pieces of white cotton, gauze weave with brocaded geometric and zoomorphic design in white, multi-colored floral embroidery around neckline and sleeves, buttonhole stitch finishes edges, neckline and sleeve openings, reinforced on inside with white cotton material, hand sewn, small brown sains in various areas. Length 44.0 cm, width 94.0 cm