Embroidery technique sample

Museum number:
3-29308j
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2103029308j
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Embroidery technique sample, Guatemalan, attributed to Lila O'Neale - several types of edging, closure and embellishment shown; provenience notes attached. Sample containing 3 samples of Guatemalan embroidery on linen base fabric. 1: chain stitch formed into a roundel. 2: French knots formed into a circle. 3: couching of yellow ochre thread with ecru thread forming a roundel.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala, several villages
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Samplers (embroidery)
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Embroidery technique sample, accession number 3-29308j, described as Embroidery technique sample, Guatemalan, attributed to Lila O'Neale - several types of edging, closure and embellishment shown; provenience notes attached. Sample containing 3 samples of Guatemalan embroidery on linen base fabric. 1: chain stitch formed into a roundel. 2: French knots formed into a circle. 3: couching of yellow ochre thread with ecru thread forming a roundel.

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