MVC-0541 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Decorative panel; silk? satin square embroidered in chain stitch; dark red background with off-white, yellow, red-purple, black & yellow embroidery in flower and leaf motifs. Center rectangle with borders of various widths containing embroidered motifs; edges are trimmed with a border of woven rust, yellow, burgundy, light green and metallic threads; border edge is supplemental warp in metallic on plain background; border trim includes supplemental warp design of yellow and dark red triangles; cloth is backed with plain weave red cotton; one loop in one corner made of red plied cord; one small bright pink cloth- covered bundle in corner diagonal to loop
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India and Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Rayon, Satin, and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Panels (costume components)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Decorative panel
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 49 centimeters and width 48.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: metallic threads separated from backing; holes and stains in backing cloth