Shawl

Museum number:
9-22723
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022723
Alternate number:
10S (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4092
Description:
ecru silk crepe shawl with multi-colored floral embroidery over the entire body in quadrilateral symmetry (each quarter identical with 3 large blossoms and leaves on each corner and ground in-filled with small blooms and tendrils. center medallion formed by 2 rows of flowers and 8 floral spokes with pink center blossoms. embroidered Chinese symbol border on all 4 sides. edged with fringe on all 4 edges.
Donor:
(anonymous)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alice Elizabeth Fitzhugh
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works), Shawls, and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
October 13, 1985
Context of use:
clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 232 centimeters, height 228 centimeters, and fringe— length 36 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-22723, described as ecru silk crepe shawl with multi-colored floral embroidery over the entire body in quadrilateral symmetry (each quarter identical with 3 large blossoms and leaves on each corner and ground in-filled with small blooms and tendrils. center medallion formed by 2 rows of flowers and 8 floral spokes with pink center blossoms. embroidered Chinese symbol border on all 4 sides. edged with fringe on all 4 edges.

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