Wall hanging

Museum number:
9-15672
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015672
Alternate number:
893 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.09
Description:
Wall hanging. Silk, mirrors. Satin, embroidered, damask border. Red ground, varicolored embroidery, black border. Floral motives. Made from many earlier pieces sewn together. Stains, some embroidery pulled out. 1 yard, 311 inches by 1 yard, 17 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Katherine Hooker
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
INDIA
Materials:
Mica (mineral) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Wall hangings
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 67 inches and width 53 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wall hanging, accession number 9-15672, described as Wall hanging. Silk, mirrors. Satin, embroidered, damask border. Red ground, varicolored embroidery, black border. Floral motives. Made from many earlier pieces sewn together. Stains, some embroidery pulled out. 1 yard, 311 inches by 1 yard, 17 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wall hanging, accession number 9-15672, described as Wall hanging. Silk, mirrors. Satin, embroidered, damask border. Red ground, varicolored embroidery, black border. Floral motives. Made from many earlier pieces sewn together. Stains, some embroidery pulled out. 1 yard, 311 inches by 1 yard, 17 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wall hanging, accession number 9-15672, described as Wall hanging. Silk, mirrors. Satin, embroidered, damask border. Red ground, varicolored embroidery, black border. Floral motives. Made from many earlier pieces sewn together. Stains, some embroidery pulled out. 1 yard, 311 inches by 1 yard, 17 inches.

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