Bed hanging

Museum number:
9-15023
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015023
Alternate number:
978 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.04
Description:
Towel?, bed hanging? Line warp, silk weft, metal wrapped yarns, flat metal strips, silk embroidered. Plain weave, embroidered, brocaded; fringes with tassels. Natural ground, and varicolored designs. Floral motives. 82 inches by 15 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Henrietta F. Brewer
Collection place:
Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
TURKEY: Adrianople
Materials:
Linen (material) and Linen (material) (embroidery, linen, fringe)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bed hangings, Embroidery (visual works), and Towels
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 15 inches and length 82 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bed hanging, accession number 9-15023, described as Towel?, bed hanging? Line warp, silk weft, metal wrapped yarns, flat metal strips, silk embroidered. Plain weave, embroidered, brocaded; fringes with tassels. Natural ground, and varicolored designs. Floral motives. 82 inches by 15 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bed hanging, accession number 9-15023, described as Towel?, bed hanging? Line warp, silk weft, metal wrapped yarns, flat metal strips, silk embroidered. Plain weave, embroidered, brocaded; fringes with tassels. Natural ground, and varicolored designs. Floral motives. 82 inches by 15 inches.

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