Mats

Museum number:
9-15208a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210915208a@2cb
Alternate number:
1754 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Two mats. 4.1. Silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns. Gauze ground, embroidered, satin weave binding. Blue green ground, gold designs. Vase, bowl, butterfly, floral motives. 13 inches by 11 inches.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 13 inches and width 11 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mats, accession number 9-15208a,b, described as Two mats. 4.1. Silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns. Gauze ground, embroidered, satin weave binding. Blue green ground, gold designs. Vase, bowl, butterfly, floral motives. 13 inches by 11 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mats, accession number 9-15208a,b, described as Two mats. 4.1. Silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns. Gauze ground, embroidered, satin weave binding. Blue green ground, gold designs. Vase, bowl, butterfly, floral motives. 13 inches by 11 inches.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mats, accession number 9-15208a,b, described as Two mats. 4.1. Silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns. Gauze ground, embroidered, satin weave binding. Blue green ground, gold designs. Vase, bowl, butterfly, floral motives. 13 inches by 11 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mats, accession number 9-15208a,b, described as Two mats. 4.1. Silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns. Gauze ground, embroidered, satin weave binding. Blue green ground, gold designs. Vase, bowl, butterfly, floral motives. 13 inches by 11 inches.

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