MVC-0588 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Imperial Era silk sleeve band; greenish/gold ground with black border edged in gray 3.5 cm wide. Chrysanthemums, peonies & other floral motifs; pink, blue, green and yellow on greenish gold background. Backing is blue green.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Linen (material), Linen (material) (silk; satin and ���forbidden��� stitch embroidery; cotton or linen backing), Satin, and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Originally part of a woman’s garment; reused as a wall hanging
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 46 centimeters and width 9 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Small repairs; frayed couching stabilized; hole mended