Textile

Museum number:
18-1737
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4364
Description:
embroidered panel; couched embroidered panel; velvet (black & purple) with outer band of black, inner band of purple and central square of black. all are embroidered with gold couched embroidery into which small glass triangles backed with paper (?) in lavender or pale grey are inset. center has a round, stylized floral motif with a 7cm glass disk backed with decorated paper. verso - lined with scrap fabrics.
Donor:
Robert J. Kimball
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
SE Asia, Sumatra
Collector:
Robert J. Kimball
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Glass (material), and Gold (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1988
Context of use:
decorative
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 61 centimeters, length 60.5 centimeters, center— length 29 centimeters, and center— width 28 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 18-1737, described as embroidered panel; couched embroidered panel; velvet (black & purple) with outer band of black, inner band of purple and central square of black. all are embroidered with gold couched embroidery into which small glass triangles backed with paper (?) in lavender or pale grey are inset. center has a round, stylized floral motif with a 7cm glass disk backed with decorated paper. verso - lined with scrap fabrics.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 18-1737, described as embroidered panel; couched embroidered panel; velvet (black & purple) with outer band of black, inner band of purple and central square of black. all are embroidered with gold couched embroidery into which small glass triangles backed with paper (?) in lavender or pale grey are inset. center has a round, stylized floral motif with a 7cm glass disk backed with decorated paper. verso - lined with scrap fabrics.

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