Textile

Museum number:
9-15525
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3018 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3705 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Embroidered piece; silk, gold metallic, possibly glass, ink; satin, crepe, tassel, couched, tinted. Embroidered piece two fish and waves in couched gold embroidery on navy satin rectangle mounted on faded orange crepe piece extending beyond navy piece all around. Fish have painted eyes under glass and embroidery is thick and molded. Black paint added for definition of detail. Each corner has grey tassel attached by loops of purple silk thread. 27 in. x 31 in.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
JAPAN
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Silk (embroidery)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Textile samples
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 31 inches, length 26.5 inches, width 27 inches, and width 30.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-15525, described as Embroidered piece; silk, gold metallic, possibly glass, ink; satin, crepe, tassel, couched, tinted. Embroidered piece two fish and waves in couched gold embroidery on navy satin rectangle mounted on faded orange crepe piece extending beyond navy piece all around. Fish have painted eyes under glass and embroidery is thick and molded. Black paint added for definition of detail. Each corner has grey tassel attached by loops of purple silk thread. 27 in. x 31 in.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-15525, described as Embroidered piece; silk, gold metallic, possibly glass, ink; satin, crepe, tassel, couched, tinted. Embroidered piece two fish and waves in couched gold embroidery on navy satin rectangle mounted on faded orange crepe piece extending beyond navy piece all around. Fish have painted eyes under glass and embroidery is thick and molded. Black paint added for definition of detail. Each corner has grey tassel attached by loops of purple silk thread. 27 in. x 31 in.

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