Embroidered strips

Museum number:
9-15211a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210915211a@2cb
Alternate number:
3030 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3688 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
PAIR OF EMBROIDERED STRIPS. Silk, metallic. Pattern weave, embroidery (knot st., couching). White ground, multicolor. Pair of white pattern weave silk strips embroidered in a 3¾ x 18 inch area of knot and couched emb. of various symbols, flowerw, butterflies. Poor quality of emb. a: stained w. coffee color in 2 large areas. b: stained less darkly than "a". a & b: 37½ inches by 6¾ inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 38 inches and width 7 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Embroidered strips, accession number 9-15211a,b, described as PAIR OF EMBROIDERED STRIPS. Silk, metallic. Pattern weave, embroidery (knot st., couching). White ground, multicolor. Pair of white pattern weave silk strips embroidered in a 3¾ x 18 inch area of knot and couched emb. of various symbols, flowerw, butterflies. Poor quality of emb. a: stained w. coffee color in 2 large areas. b: stained less darkly than "a". a & b: 37½ inches by 6¾ inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Embroidered strips, accession number 9-15211a,b, described as PAIR OF EMBROIDERED STRIPS. Silk, metallic. Pattern weave, embroidery (knot st., couching). White ground, multicolor. Pair of white pattern weave silk strips embroidered in a 3¾ x 18 inch area of knot and couched emb. of various symbols, flowerw, butterflies. Poor quality of emb. a: stained w. coffee color in 2 large areas. b: stained less darkly than "a". a & b: 37½ inches by 6¾ inches.

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