Rug

Museum number:
9-21659
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0408 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Boiled wool rug: L=125.0cm, W=91.0cm, plus 4.0 cm fringes all around. Boiled & flat-pounded wool, then pieces are cut out and other pieces inserted and stitched into place to form the pattern. Outer color is green w/ white inste and small green a small green inset in the center. Reug is emborodered around the inset edges in two shades of pink. Area between center and outer edgeis filled w/ emroidered flowers and leaves in various shades of green and mustard/gold. Narrow band of pink embroidery forms a border around the entire rug. Pattern is very balanced. Only one emboridery stitich is used throughout; a loop-chain where the new stitch comes up through the center of the last loop.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Verbatim coll. place:
India or Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Sinhalese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Floor covering
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 125 centimeters and width 91 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Only slightly used
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 9-21659, described as Boiled wool rug: L=125.0cm, W=91.0cm, plus 4.0 cm fringes all around. Boiled & flat-pounded wool, then pieces are cut out and other pieces inserted and stitched into place to form the pattern. Outer color is green w/ white inste and small green a small green inset in the center. Reug is emborodered around the inset edges in two shades of pink. Area between center and outer edgeis filled w/ emroidered flowers and leaves in various shades of green and mustard/gold. Narrow band of pink embroidery forms a border around the entire rug. Pattern is very balanced. Only one emboridery stitich is used throughout; a loop-chain where the new stitch comes up through the center of the last loop.

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