Shirt

Museum number:
7-10196
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
128 (previous number (collector's original number), inside collar) and 28 (previous number (collector's original number), on red tag)
Accession number:
Acc.4092
Description:
From Cat Card: Shirt. Long-sleeved off white shirt with embroidery. Shirt is tailored with a waistband, and expandable seam at back, shoulder pieces, lined cuffs, and a collar. Band of openwork at top of back. Body of shirt has two rows virtually identical embroidered motifs (colors differ) down both front and back. Embroidery done in purple, green, pink, orange, red, black, and metallic gold colored thread. Collar edged with repeating motifs embroidered in bright colors on black. Shoulders embroidered with rows of red, gold and silver colored metallic thread, with accents in blue and greens. Embroidery continues down sleeve with band of multi-colored diamonds bordered by gold or silvered colored chain stitched metallic thread and orange thread in cross stitch pattern, with a row of sequins topped by clear colorless beads separating the diamonds. Note that the yellow thread in diamonds has worn away in many places, and appears to have run in places. Embroidery similar to shoulder pattern continues down outer side of sleeve, bordered on one side by row of large u-shaped motifs in red, blue, green, orange, black, and gold and silver colored metallic threads. Note: "128" written on inside of collar and a red tag with "28" tied to the back of the shirt.
Donor:
(anonymous)
Collection place:
Europe
Culture or time period:
European
Materials:
Linen (material) (cotton)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shirts (main garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
October 13, 1985
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
Whole— length 56 centimeters, Whole— width 53 centimeters, Whole— width 51 centimeters, and Whole— length 67 centimeters
Comment:
From Cat Card: Note: Neither Maya Textiles of Guatemala: The Gustavus A. Eisen Collection, 1902 (Margaret BWM Scheville), nor Threads of Identity: Maya Costume of the 1960s in Highland Guatemala (Patricia B. Altman and Caroline D. West), nor Costumes as Communication: Ethnographic Costumes and Textiles from Middle America and the Central Andes of South America (Margaret BWM Scheville) contains either an image or a discussion of a shirt similar to this, although Thread of Identity (p 38-39) discusses the European derivation of shirts with collars and sleeves.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 7-10196, described as From Cat Card: Shirt. Long-sleeved off white shirt with embroidery. Shirt is tailored with a waistband, and expandable seam at back, shoulder pieces, lined cuffs, and a collar. Band of openwork at top of back. Body of shirt has two rows virtually identical embroidered motifs (colors differ) down both front and back. Embroidery done in purple, green, pink, orange, red, black, and metallic gold colored thread. Collar edged with repeating motifs embroidered in bright colors on black. Shoulders embroidered with rows of red, gold and silver colored metallic thread, with accents in blue and greens. Embroidery continues down sleeve with band of multi-colored diamonds bordered by gold or silvered colored chain stitched metallic thread and orange thread in cross stitch pattern, with a row of sequins topped by clear colorless beads separating the diamonds. Note that the yellow thread in diamonds has worn away in many places, and appears to have run in places. Embroidery similar to shoulder pattern continues down outer side of sleeve, bordered on one side by row of large u-shaped motifs in red, blue, green, orange, black, and gold and silver colored metallic threads. Note: "128" written on inside of collar and a red tag with "28" tied to the back of the shirt.

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