Textile

Museum number:
2-62878
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020062878
Alternate number:
3954 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Embroidered piece: Shocking pink cotton satin with silk chenille monogram; white “EEj” with white daisies, sprigs of blue forget-me-nots with gold centers and green stems and leaves. Initials for Edward Everall Jones. 4 1/2” x 9”, 12 1/4” x 14” - linen. Very worn. Mounted on linen. Embroidered by Mary Lemis Jones for her husband’s necktie case.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
United States
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A.
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Textile samples
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 5 inches and length 9 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 2-62878, described as Embroidered piece: Shocking pink cotton satin with silk chenille monogram; white “EEj” with white daisies, sprigs of blue forget-me-nots with gold centers and green stems and leaves. Initials for Edward Everall Jones. 4 1/2” x 9”, 12 1/4” x 14” - linen. Very worn. Mounted on linen. Embroidered by Mary Lemis Jones for her husband’s necktie case.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 2-62878, described as Embroidered piece: Shocking pink cotton satin with silk chenille monogram; white “EEj” with white daisies, sprigs of blue forget-me-nots with gold centers and green stems and leaves. Initials for Edward Everall Jones. 4 1/2” x 9”, 12 1/4” x 14” - linen. Very worn. Mounted on linen. Embroidered by Mary Lemis Jones for her husband’s necktie case.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 2-62878, described as Embroidered piece: Shocking pink cotton satin with silk chenille monogram; white “EEj” with white daisies, sprigs of blue forget-me-nots with gold centers and green stems and leaves. Initials for Edward Everall Jones. 4 1/2” x 9”, 12 1/4” x 14” - linen. Very worn. Mounted on linen. Embroidered by Mary Lemis Jones for her husband’s necktie case.

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