Bedspread

Museum number:
9-12789
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012789
Description:
bedspread/garment; black cotton plain weave with brocaded designs in yellow and red silk embroidery thread; designs are mostly striped diamonds, occasional birdlike and anthropomorphic figures near edges; 3 loom widths; width 1.14 m., length 2.46 m.
Collection place:
Punjab, India
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bedspreads
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1980-1981 #42: University of California, Davis/Victoria Rivers (January 9, 1981–March 13, 1981), S1981-1982 #11: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (September 24, 1981–December 1, 1981), S1982-1983 #14: University of California, Davis/Victoria Rivers (October 1, 1982–December 6, 1982), S1983-1984 #36: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (January 13, 1983–March 5, 1984), S1984-1985 #13: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (October 1, 1984–December 12, 1984), S1985-1986 #11: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (October 3, 1985–February 4, 1986), S1986-1987 #7: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis) (September 29, 1986–December 1, 1986), S1987-1988 #19: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (September 1987–December 8, 1987), and S1988-1989 #15: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (1988–February 21, 1989)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bedspread, accession number 9-12789, described as bedspread/garment; black cotton plain weave with brocaded designs in yellow and red silk embroidery thread; designs are mostly striped diamonds, occasional birdlike and anthropomorphic figures near edges; 3 loom widths; width 1.14 m., length 2.46 m.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bedspread, accession number 9-12789, described as bedspread/garment; black cotton plain weave with brocaded designs in yellow and red silk embroidery thread; designs are mostly striped diamonds, occasional birdlike and anthropomorphic figures near edges; 3 loom widths; width 1.14 m., length 2.46 m.

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