Ornament

Museum number:
9-15386
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015386
Alternate number:
3731 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
HANGING ORNAMENT. Silk, metallic yarn, padding. Embroidery, sewing, padding, tassel making. Blue, green, gold, and white. Padded, emb. 7-part object of silk in blue, green, gold, white, with 4 small padded and emb. good luck symbols and 2 12 inch-long tassels appended. Whole hangs from 20 inches light blue braid with fancy knot and 3 tassels. Faded and soiled, good general condition. 11 inches long by 12 inches wide. 49 inches overall length.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Ornaments (object genre)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 44 inches and width 13 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Ornament, accession number 9-15386, described as HANGING ORNAMENT. Silk, metallic yarn, padding. Embroidery, sewing, padding, tassel making. Blue, green, gold, and white. Padded, emb. 7-part object of silk in blue, green, gold, white, with 4 small padded and emb. good luck symbols and 2 12 inch-long tassels appended. Whole hangs from 20 inches light blue braid with fancy knot and 3 tassels. Faded and soiled, good general condition. 11 inches long by 12 inches wide. 49 inches overall length.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Ornament, accession number 9-15386, described as HANGING ORNAMENT. Silk, metallic yarn, padding. Embroidery, sewing, padding, tassel making. Blue, green, gold, and white. Padded, emb. 7-part object of silk in blue, green, gold, white, with 4 small padded and emb. good luck symbols and 2 12 inch-long tassels appended. Whole hangs from 20 inches light blue braid with fancy knot and 3 tassels. Faded and soiled, good general condition. 11 inches long by 12 inches wide. 49 inches overall length.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 9-15386, described as HANGING ORNAMENT. Silk, metallic yarn, padding. Embroidery, sewing, padding, tassel making. Blue, green, gold, and white. Padded, emb. 7-part object of silk in blue, green, gold, white, with 4 small padded and emb. good luck symbols and 2 12 inch-long tassels appended. Whole hangs from 20 inches light blue braid with fancy knot and 3 tassels. Faded and soiled, good general condition. 11 inches long by 12 inches wide. 49 inches overall length.

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