Embroidered strip

Museum number:
9-15150
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015150
Alternate number:
3685 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
EMBROIDERED STRIP. Silk, satin, metallic, silk yarn. Embroidery (knot, satin stitches, couching). Blue, gold, green and white on gold ground. Embroidered strip of gold satin emb. w. blue, gold, green, white knot and satin stitches with a touch of gold metallic couching. Flowers, leaves, butterfly. Soiled and stained. 5½ inches by 38 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 38 inches and width 6 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Embroidered strip, accession number 9-15150, described as EMBROIDERED STRIP. Silk, satin, metallic, silk yarn. Embroidery (knot, satin stitches, couching). Blue, gold, green and white on gold ground. Embroidered strip of gold satin emb. w. blue, gold, green, white knot and satin stitches with a touch of gold metallic couching. Flowers, leaves, butterfly. Soiled and stained. 5½ inches by 38 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Embroidered strip, accession number 9-15150, described as EMBROIDERED STRIP. Silk, satin, metallic, silk yarn. Embroidery (knot, satin stitches, couching). Blue, gold, green and white on gold ground. Embroidered strip of gold satin emb. w. blue, gold, green, white knot and satin stitches with a touch of gold metallic couching. Flowers, leaves, butterfly. Soiled and stained. 5½ inches by 38 inches.

Tools