Tapestry

Museum number:
7-6878a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21076878a@2cb
Alternate number:
3499 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Tapestry strips. Prob. silk, wool, linen yarns, burlap. Tapestry weave, sewing. Multicolor w. blue & brown border. Two borders from large tapestry, ends folded under, burlap lining. Each contains floral, fruit, leaf & 1 human fig. holding a stalk of narcissus. Fig. was cut off at hips. rejoined to feet at mid-calf. Neatly woven. A- blue border (1¼ inch) right side; brown (¾ inch) left side. B - blue border (1¼ inch) left side; brown edge a part of orig. tapestry of irregular width on right side. Fair condition. January 1969 condit. good. Each: 20½ inches by 83½ inches long.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
France
Verbatim coll. place:
FRANCE?
Culture or time period:
European
Materials:
Linen (material), Silk, and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tapestries
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
width 21 inches and length 84 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tapestry, accession number 7-6878a,b, described as Tapestry strips. Prob. silk, wool, linen yarns, burlap. Tapestry weave, sewing. Multicolor w. blue & brown border. Two borders from large tapestry, ends folded under, burlap lining. Each contains floral, fruit, leaf & 1 human fig. holding a stalk of narcissus. Fig. was cut off at hips. rejoined to feet at mid-calf. Neatly woven. A- blue border (1¼ inch) right side; brown (¾ inch) left side. B - blue border (1¼ inch) left side; brown edge a part of orig. tapestry of irregular width on right side. Fair condition. January 1969 condit. good. Each: 20½ inches by 83½ inches long.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tapestry, accession number 7-6878a,b, described as Tapestry strips. Prob. silk, wool, linen yarns, burlap. Tapestry weave, sewing. Multicolor w. blue & brown border. Two borders from large tapestry, ends folded under, burlap lining. Each contains floral, fruit, leaf & 1 human fig. holding a stalk of narcissus. Fig. was cut off at hips. rejoined to feet at mid-calf. Neatly woven. A- blue border (1¼ inch) right side; brown (¾ inch) left side. B - blue border (1¼ inch) left side; brown edge a part of orig. tapestry of irregular width on right side. Fair condition. January 1969 condit. good. Each: 20½ inches by 83½ inches long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tapestry, accession number 7-6878a,b, described as Tapestry strips. Prob. silk, wool, linen yarns, burlap. Tapestry weave, sewing. Multicolor w. blue & brown border. Two borders from large tapestry, ends folded under, burlap lining. Each contains floral, fruit, leaf & 1 human fig. holding a stalk of narcissus. Fig. was cut off at hips. rejoined to feet at mid-calf. Neatly woven. A- blue border (1¼ inch) right side; brown (¾ inch) left side. B - blue border (1¼ inch) left side; brown edge a part of orig. tapestry of irregular width on right side. Fair condition. January 1969 condit. good. Each: 20½ inches by 83½ inches long.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tapestry, accession number 7-6878a,b, described as Tapestry strips. Prob. silk, wool, linen yarns, burlap. Tapestry weave, sewing. Multicolor w. blue & brown border. Two borders from large tapestry, ends folded under, burlap lining. Each contains floral, fruit, leaf & 1 human fig. holding a stalk of narcissus. Fig. was cut off at hips. rejoined to feet at mid-calf. Neatly woven. A- blue border (1¼ inch) right side; brown (¾ inch) left side. B - blue border (1¼ inch) left side; brown edge a part of orig. tapestry of irregular width on right side. Fair condition. January 1969 condit. good. Each: 20½ inches by 83½ inches long.

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