MVC-0457 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Embroidered panel; paired warp and weft; chain-stitch embroidery fills the entire panel; off-white base fabric; multi-colored (43.5 cm x 44 cm) scene of female dancer and cymbal player; branch with flowers, leaves, and bird on brown background; yellow and tan-brown figures; selvage on 1 side of ground panel; cut threads on 3 sides.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
Kashmir, India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1964
Materials:
Silk and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Panels (costume components)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
decorative object
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 51.5 centimeters and width 51 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Generally excellent condition; light green bleeding into ground cloth all around; small distortion inproper upper left edge where loop of warp on back (probably done in weaving on ground cloth)