Ornament

Museum number:
9-15439a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210915439a@2cb
Alternate number:
1939 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Pair of cords; silk, metal wrapped yarns, gilt paper wrapped yarns; braided cord, has satin weave, embroidered, padded pieces attached, tassels; multicolored; each 55 inches long; floral, fish motives.
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 Ornaments (object genre)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 5 inches and length 55 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 9-15439a,b, described as Pair of cords; silk, metal wrapped yarns, gilt paper wrapped yarns; braided cord, has satin weave, embroidered, padded pieces attached, tassels; multicolored; each 55 inches long; floral, fish motives.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 9-15439a,b, described as Pair of cords; silk, metal wrapped yarns, gilt paper wrapped yarns; braided cord, has satin weave, embroidered, padded pieces attached, tassels; multicolored; each 55 inches long; floral, fish motives.

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