Table cloth

Museum number:
3-28248
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3997 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
[ cat card DESCRIPTION: Embroidered cloth: Square of white linen with three varieties of drawn work. Central area has corner squares and central side stepped pyramids of fine all over pattern drawn work. Bordered by three rows of drawn work, center row has re-woven circle motif. 1" hem. Materials: White linen Technique: Embroidery Colors: White Dimensions: x " Remarks: Brought from Mexico c. 1900. Streaked at corners, some threads broken ]
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
MEXICO
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Tablecloths
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 79 centimeters and length 79 centimeters
Comment:
Collector Mr and Mrs W A Houts
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Table cloth, accession number 3-28248, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Embroidered cloth: Square of white linen with three varieties of drawn work. Central area has corner squares and central side stepped pyramids of fine all over pattern drawn work. Bordered by three rows of drawn work, center row has re-woven circle motif. 1" hem. Materials: White linen Technique: Embroidery Colors: White Dimensions: x " Remarks: Brought from Mexico c. 1900. Streaked at corners, some threads broken ]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Table cloth, accession number 3-28248, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Embroidered cloth: Square of white linen with three varieties of drawn work. Central area has corner squares and central side stepped pyramids of fine all over pattern drawn work. Bordered by three rows of drawn work, center row has re-woven circle motif. 1" hem. Materials: White linen Technique: Embroidery Colors: White Dimensions: x " Remarks: Brought from Mexico c. 1900. Streaked at corners, some threads broken ]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Table cloth, accession number 3-28248, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Embroidered cloth: Square of white linen with three varieties of drawn work. Central area has corner squares and central side stepped pyramids of fine all over pattern drawn work. Bordered by three rows of drawn work, center row has re-woven circle motif. 1" hem. Materials: White linen Technique: Embroidery Colors: White Dimensions: x " Remarks: Brought from Mexico c. 1900. Streaked at corners, some threads broken ]Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Table cloth, accession number 3-28248, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Embroidered cloth: Square of white linen with three varieties of drawn work. Central area has corner squares and central side stepped pyramids of fine all over pattern drawn work. Bordered by three rows of drawn work, center row has re-woven circle motif. 1" hem. Materials: White linen Technique: Embroidery Colors: White Dimensions: x " Remarks: Brought from Mexico c. 1900. Streaked at corners, some threads broken ]

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