Cloth textile

Museum number:
9-17014a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210917014a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.3840
Description:
Bedspread, taffeta, with Mandarin robe motifs attached. Robe pieces are on black fabric with multi-colored embroidery depicting dragons, bats and other motifs. Mounted onto blue taffeta; bedspread has blue taffeta skirt. (b&c) are pieces that have come off of the bedspread. All pieces are fragile and torn. (a) width approx. 2 1/1 meters (b) 54cm wide; (c) 53 1/2cm wide. (b) has no taffeta attached
Donor:
Polly Blanchard
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cloth textile, accession number 9-17014a-c, described as Bedspread, taffeta, with Mandarin robe motifs attached. Robe pieces are on black fabric with multi-colored embroidery depicting dragons, bats and other motifs. Mounted onto blue taffeta; bedspread has blue taffeta skirt. (b&c) are pieces that have come off of the bedspread. All pieces are fragile and torn. (a) width approx. 2 1/1 meters (b) 54cm wide; (c) 53 1/2cm wide. (b) has no taffeta attachedHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cloth textile, accession number 9-17014a-c, described as Bedspread, taffeta, with Mandarin robe motifs attached. Robe pieces are on black fabric with multi-colored embroidery depicting dragons, bats and other motifs. Mounted onto blue taffeta; bedspread has blue taffeta skirt. (b&c) are pieces that have come off of the bedspread. All pieces are fragile and torn. (a) width approx. 2 1/1 meters (b) 54cm wide; (c) 53 1/2cm wide. (b) has no taffeta attached
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cloth textile, accession number 9-17014a-c, described as Bedspread, taffeta, with Mandarin robe motifs attached. Robe pieces are on black fabric with multi-colored embroidery depicting dragons, bats and other motifs. Mounted onto blue taffeta; bedspread has blue taffeta skirt. (b&c) are pieces that have come off of the bedspread. All pieces are fragile and torn. (a) width approx. 2 1/1 meters (b) 54cm wide; (c) 53 1/2cm wide. (b) has no taffeta attached

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