Cloth textile

Museum number:
9-13512a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210913512a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.3360
Description:
Textile Fragments. Strips of white silk gauze, entirely filled with embroidery. Multicolored geometric diaper ground, with scattered flowers in vases, birds, shellfish (?). Black and red satin borders, and pink linings on a and c added later. Some deterioration and cutting along edges. a) L. 39 cm. W. 11 cm. b) L. 37 cm. W 11 cm. c) L. 39 cm. W. 12 cm China att. Background: silk; gauze weave. Pattern area: untwisted silk, natural dyes; counted thread stitches. Supplementary: silk; satin weave, plain weave. Original use unknown. Latter adapted as part of a garment (wedding skirt?), in conjunction with fragment #13511. 18th c. or early 19th c. Mary V. Hays; S.F., Ca (personal contact). Williams; Outlines of Chinese Symbolism, pp. 100-102
Donor:
Arlene Miller Rolkin
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cloth textile, accession number 9-13512a-c, described as Textile Fragments. Strips of white silk gauze, entirely filled with embroidery. Multicolored geometric diaper ground, with scattered flowers in vases, birds, shellfish (?). Black and red satin borders, and pink linings on a and c added later. Some deterioration and cutting along edges. a) L. 39 cm. W. 11 cm. b) L. 37 cm. W 11 cm. c) L. 39 cm. W. 12 cm China att. Background: silk; gauze weave. Pattern area: untwisted silk, natural dyes; counted thread stitches. Supplementary: silk; satin weave, plain weave. Original use unknown. Latter adapted as part of a garment (wedding skirt?), in conjunction with fragment #13511. 18th c. or early 19th c. Mary V. Hays; S.F., Ca (personal contact). Williams; Outlines of Chinese Symbolism, pp. 100-102
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cloth textile, accession number 9-13512a-c, described as Textile Fragments. Strips of white silk gauze, entirely filled with embroidery. Multicolored geometric diaper ground, with scattered flowers in vases, birds, shellfish (?). Black and red satin borders, and pink linings on a and c added later. Some deterioration and cutting along edges. a) L. 39 cm. W. 11 cm. b) L. 37 cm. W 11 cm. c) L. 39 cm. W. 12 cm China att. Background: silk; gauze weave. Pattern area: untwisted silk, natural dyes; counted thread stitches. Supplementary: silk; satin weave, plain weave. Original use unknown. Latter adapted as part of a garment (wedding skirt?), in conjunction with fragment #13511. 18th c. or early 19th c. Mary V. Hays; S.F., Ca (personal contact). Williams; Outlines of Chinese Symbolism, pp. 100-102

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