Embroidered piece

Museum number:
9-15801
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015801
Alternate number:
3701 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
EMBROIDERED FRAGMENT. Linen, metallic yarn. Handweaving, embroidery. Natural ground w. golds. greens, pinks and metallics. Embroidered end of small coarse linen towel or gift scarf. Design of 2 large and 2 small trees on each side of peaked hemispheres w. floral designs. 3 edges rolled & hemmed, 1 end torn, very soiled, metallic emb. tarnished. 11 inches by 9¾ inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
TURKEY Object Label: Asia Minor
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Linen (material) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Towels
Function:
4.0 Use not specified (Structures and Furnishings)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 10 inches and length 11 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Embroidered piece, accession number 9-15801, described as EMBROIDERED FRAGMENT. Linen, metallic yarn. Handweaving, embroidery. Natural ground w. golds. greens, pinks and metallics. Embroidered end of small coarse linen towel or gift scarf. Design of 2 large and 2 small trees on each side of peaked hemispheres w. floral designs. 3 edges rolled & hemmed, 1 end torn, very soiled, metallic emb. tarnished. 11 inches by 9¾ inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Embroidered piece, accession number 9-15801, described as EMBROIDERED FRAGMENT. Linen, metallic yarn. Handweaving, embroidery. Natural ground w. golds. greens, pinks and metallics. Embroidered end of small coarse linen towel or gift scarf. Design of 2 large and 2 small trees on each side of peaked hemispheres w. floral designs. 3 edges rolled & hemmed, 1 end torn, very soiled, metallic emb. tarnished. 11 inches by 9¾ inches.

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