Textile square

Museum number:
9-15378
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015378
Alternate number:
666 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.02
Description:
Textile square. Silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns. Satin, embroidered. Fine example of effect of gilt wrapping on different colored cores. Black ground, varicolored designs, purple lining. Bird, bat, floral motives. 11½ inches by 11½ inches.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Textile samples
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 12 inches and length 12 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile square, accession number 9-15378, described as Textile square. Silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns. Satin, embroidered. Fine example of effect of gilt wrapping on different colored cores. Black ground, varicolored designs, purple lining. Bird, bat, floral motives. 11½ inches by 11½ inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile square, accession number 9-15378, described as Textile square. Silk, gilt paper wrapped yarns. Satin, embroidered. Fine example of effect of gilt wrapping on different colored cores. Black ground, varicolored designs, purple lining. Bird, bat, floral motives. 11½ inches by 11½ inches.

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