Embroidered piece

Museum number:
9-15364
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015364
Alternate number:
1633 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.16
Description:
Embroidered piece. Silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns. Satin weave, embroidered. Red ground, varicolored designs. Dragon, bird, butterfly, floral motives. Part of embroidery worn off. 55 inches by 29½ inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Mrs. Paul Boyich
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 30 inches and length 55 inches
Loans:
S1981-1982 #39: University of California, Davis/Pat Charley (January 19, 1982–March 30, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Embroidered piece, accession number 9-15364, described as Embroidered piece. Silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns. Satin weave, embroidered. Red ground, varicolored designs. Dragon, bird, butterfly, floral motives. Part of embroidery worn off. 55 inches by 29½ inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Embroidered piece, accession number 9-15364, described as Embroidered piece. Silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns. Satin weave, embroidered. Red ground, varicolored designs. Dragon, bird, butterfly, floral motives. Part of embroidery worn off. 55 inches by 29½ inches.

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