Shawl

Museum number:
9-17985
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090017985
Accession number:
Acc.4278
Description:
Blanket/shawl. (½) weaving sample Dai hand-stitching (embroidery). Hand-loomed cotton with supplemental geometric designs, nine different patterns in eight different colors, one design in purple is of roosters riding on horses. Both warp and weft are hand-loomed cotton in natural with solid color weft stripes in red and green which separate sections. Thai dye thread in purple, pink, greens, red and orange. Border of leno weaving with orange and pink thread. Cotton, hand-loomed, acrylic yarn supplied by China. Thai dye. L. 83 cm, W. 54.5 cm.
Donor:
unknown
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese and Dai
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-17985, described as Blanket/shawl. (½) weaving sample Dai hand-stitching (embroidery). Hand-loomed cotton with supplemental geometric designs, nine different patterns in eight different colors, one design in purple is of roosters riding on horses. Both warp and weft are hand-loomed cotton in natural with solid color weft stripes in red and green which separate sections. Thai dye thread in purple, pink, greens, red and orange. Border of leno weaving with orange and pink thread. Cotton, hand-loomed, acrylic yarn supplied by China. Thai dye. L. 83 cm, W. 54.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-17985, described as Blanket/shawl. (½) weaving sample Dai hand-stitching (embroidery). Hand-loomed cotton with supplemental geometric designs, nine different patterns in eight different colors, one design in purple is of roosters riding on horses. Both warp and weft are hand-loomed cotton in natural with solid color weft stripes in red and green which separate sections. Thai dye thread in purple, pink, greens, red and orange. Border of leno weaving with orange and pink thread. Cotton, hand-loomed, acrylic yarn supplied by China. Thai dye. L. 83 cm, W. 54.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-17985, described as Blanket/shawl. (½) weaving sample Dai hand-stitching (embroidery). Hand-loomed cotton with supplemental geometric designs, nine different patterns in eight different colors, one design in purple is of roosters riding on horses. Both warp and weft are hand-loomed cotton in natural with solid color weft stripes in red and green which separate sections. Thai dye thread in purple, pink, greens, red and orange. Border of leno weaving with orange and pink thread. Cotton, hand-loomed, acrylic yarn supplied by China. Thai dye. L. 83 cm, W. 54.5 cm.

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