Bed covering

Museum number:
9-21641
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0603 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Bed covering; two panels joined at center: brocade weave, repeated pattern of male [boys] figures holding flutes & toys, in rows. Flowers, and butterflies surround them. Figures are in shades of brown, gray and gold, on a tan ground. Lips are red. Each end has multiple, patterned rows (1st: Greek key, blue diamond & gray swastikas, separated by gold floral bands. 2nd: gold key on light purple ground, blue floral and gray swasticks on gold ground; bordered & separated by blue or gold floral bands.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Silk and Weft [reassign]
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bedcovers
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Bed covering
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 150 centimeters and length 180.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Some holes at end and along selvedge
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bed covering, accession number 9-21641, described as Bed covering; two panels joined at center: brocade weave, repeated pattern of male [boys] figures holding flutes & toys, in rows. Flowers, and butterflies surround them. Figures are in shades of brown, gray and gold, on a tan ground. Lips are red. Each end has multiple, patterned rows (1st: Greek key, blue diamond & gray swastikas, separated by gold floral bands. 2nd: gold key on light purple ground, blue floral and gray swasticks on gold ground; bordered & separated by blue or gold floral bands.

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