Cushion cover

Museum number:
9-23780a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210923780a@2cb
Alternate number:
123ab (previous number (donor's original number)) and 123a (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
two cushion covers, masnad Worn and faded. Came stuffed heavily with kapok and were dirty. Weft-faced weave typical of Iraqi and Syrian work. Each a little different from the other. Colors faded. Formerly maroon, fuschia, dark blue, orange, pea green white cotton. Backs striped with two rows of triangles. 6 EPI. all) commercial dye used. Very bright and intense inside bags where not faded. Outsides are muted and beautiful after fading. "Tathrees" edging at opening. Variations of faggotting to sew sides together. Backs and fronts made of same piece, folded.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Hafar al Batin. Saudi Arabia
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
i. 27" x 17"; ii. 28" x 15
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Cushion cover, accession number 9-23780a,b, described as two cushion covers, masnad Worn and faded. Came stuffed heavily with kapok and were dirty. Weft-faced weave typical of Iraqi and Syrian work. Each a little different from the other. Colors faded. Formerly maroon, fuschia, dark blue, orange, pea green white cotton. Backs striped with two rows of triangles. 6 EPI. all) commercial dye used. Very bright and intense inside bags where not faded. Outsides are muted and beautiful after fading. "Tathrees" edging at opening. Variations of faggotting to sew sides together. Backs and fronts made of same piece, folded.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Cushion cover, accession number 9-23780a,b, described as two cushion covers, masnad Worn and faded. Came stuffed heavily with kapok and were dirty. Weft-faced weave typical of Iraqi and Syrian work. Each a little different from the other. Colors faded. Formerly maroon, fuschia, dark blue, orange, pea green white cotton. Backs striped with two rows of triangles. 6 EPI. all) commercial dye used. Very bright and intense inside bags where not faded. Outsides are muted and beautiful after fading. "Tathrees" edging at opening. Variations of faggotting to sew sides together. Backs and fronts made of same piece, folded.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Cushion cover, accession number 9-23780a,b, described as two cushion covers, masnad Worn and faded. Came stuffed heavily with kapok and were dirty. Weft-faced weave typical of Iraqi and Syrian work. Each a little different from the other. Colors faded. Formerly maroon, fuschia, dark blue, orange, pea green white cotton. Backs striped with two rows of triangles. 6 EPI. all) commercial dye used. Very bright and intense inside bags where not faded. Outsides are muted and beautiful after fading. "Tathrees" edging at opening. Variations of faggotting to sew sides together. Backs and fronts made of same piece, folded.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Cushion cover, accession number 9-23780a,b, described as two cushion covers, masnad Worn and faded. Came stuffed heavily with kapok and were dirty. Weft-faced weave typical of Iraqi and Syrian work. Each a little different from the other. Colors faded. Formerly maroon, fuschia, dark blue, orange, pea green white cotton. Backs striped with two rows of triangles. 6 EPI. all) commercial dye used. Very bright and intense inside bags where not faded. Outsides are muted and beautiful after fading. "Tathrees" edging at opening. Variations of faggotting to sew sides together. Backs and fronts made of same piece, folded.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Cushion cover, accession number 9-23780a,b, described as two cushion covers, masnad Worn and faded. Came stuffed heavily with kapok and were dirty. Weft-faced weave typical of Iraqi and Syrian work. Each a little different from the other. Colors faded. Formerly maroon, fuschia, dark blue, orange, pea green white cotton. Backs striped with two rows of triangles. 6 EPI. all) commercial dye used. Very bright and intense inside bags where not faded. Outsides are muted and beautiful after fading. "Tathrees" edging at opening. Variations of faggotting to sew sides together. Backs and fronts made of same piece, folded.

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