Cover

Museum number:
9-15674
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015674
Alternate number:
888 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.09
Description:
Cover. Silk. Plain weave, embroidered, damask borders, one has parts embroidered over damask pattern. Yellow ground, varicolored designs, red black borders. Made up from older pieces. Floral, bird, human figure motives. Has two large torn holes medium holes, may weak spots and stains. 1 yard, 22 inches by 1 yard, 16 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Katherine Hooker
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
INDIA
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 52 inches and length 58 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cover, accession number 9-15674, described as Cover. Silk. Plain weave, embroidered, damask borders, one has parts embroidered over damask pattern. Yellow ground, varicolored designs, red black borders. Made up from older pieces. Floral, bird, human figure motives. Has two large torn holes medium holes, may weak spots and stains. 1 yard, 22 inches by 1 yard, 16 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cover, accession number 9-15674, described as Cover. Silk. Plain weave, embroidered, damask borders, one has parts embroidered over damask pattern. Yellow ground, varicolored designs, red black borders. Made up from older pieces. Floral, bird, human figure motives. Has two large torn holes medium holes, may weak spots and stains. 1 yard, 22 inches by 1 yard, 16 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cover, accession number 9-15674, described as Cover. Silk. Plain weave, embroidered, damask borders, one has parts embroidered over damask pattern. Yellow ground, varicolored designs, red black borders. Made up from older pieces. Floral, bird, human figure motives. Has two large torn holes medium holes, may weak spots and stains. 1 yard, 22 inches by 1 yard, 16 inches.

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