MVC-0539 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Skirt panel; emboidered yellow-orange satin;pieced from four pieces of fabric, two embroidered, two plain sewn along selvedge opposite embroidered edge. Bright multicolor embroidery of stylized birds and flowers: border along selvedge made up of 4 bands; geometric designs on each side of birds and flowers; band, and looping flowere design; purple and gold metallic small metal mirrors as eyes of birds and flower centers in border; ribbon sewn along full length of selvedge.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India; Rajastan; Gujurat fide Chere Mah and Gyongy Laky
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Gold (metal), Metal, Rayon, Satin, and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Panels (costume components)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
(formerly a skirt that has been taken apart, per Chere Mah and Gyongy Laky)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 240 centimeters and width 96.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: ca. 60 cm from each end in two places empty moth casing found and removed