Embroidery technique sample

Museum number:
3-29308i
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2103029308i
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Embroidery technique sample, Guatemalan, attributed to Lila O'Neale - several types of edging, closure and embellishment shown; provenience notes attached. Panel with 2 samples of embroidery from Guatemala. 1: yellow leaves and flower stems attached to a twining green stem. uses chain and buttonhole stitches. 2: bordered panel (red chain stitch) filled with flowers and leaves (red, pink, purple, brown, aqua, green) using buttonhole stitch.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala, several villages
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Samplers (embroidery)
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Embroidery technique sample, accession number 3-29308i, described as Embroidery technique sample, Guatemalan, attributed to Lila O'Neale - several types of edging, closure and embellishment shown; provenience notes attached. Panel with 2 samples of embroidery from Guatemala. 1: yellow leaves and flower stems attached to a twining green stem. uses chain and buttonhole stitches. 2: bordered panel (red chain stitch) filled with flowers and leaves (red, pink, purple, brown, aqua, green) using buttonhole stitch.

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