Mats

Museum number:
9-15237a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210915237a@2dc
Alternate number:
1752 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
One / a. rectangular, 2 round mats, b.c. Silk, a. has cotton lining. Satin ground, embroidered, brocaded ribbon, plain weave linings. Red to yellow ground, varicolored designs, blue lining. Human figures, bat motives. a. 30 inches by 15 inches. b., c. 5½ inch diameter.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 30 inches and width 15 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Mats, accession number 9-15237a-c, described as One / a. rectangular, 2 round mats, b.c. Silk, a. has cotton lining. Satin ground, embroidered, brocaded ribbon, plain weave linings. Red to yellow ground, varicolored designs, blue lining. Human figures, bat motives. a. 30 inches by 15 inches. b., c. 5½ inch diameter.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Mats, accession number 9-15237a-c, described as One / a. rectangular, 2 round mats, b.c. Silk, a. has cotton lining. Satin ground, embroidered, brocaded ribbon, plain weave linings. Red to yellow ground, varicolored designs, blue lining. Human figures, bat motives. a. 30 inches by 15 inches. b., c. 5½ inch diameter.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Mats, accession number 9-15237a-c, described as One / a. rectangular, 2 round mats, b.c. Silk, a. has cotton lining. Satin ground, embroidered, brocaded ribbon, plain weave linings. Red to yellow ground, varicolored designs, blue lining. Human figures, bat motives. a. 30 inches by 15 inches. b., c. 5½ inch diameter.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Mats, accession number 9-15237a-c, described as One / a. rectangular, 2 round mats, b.c. Silk, a. has cotton lining. Satin ground, embroidered, brocaded ribbon, plain weave linings. Red to yellow ground, varicolored designs, blue lining. Human figures, bat motives. a. 30 inches by 15 inches. b., c. 5½ inch diameter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mats, accession number 9-15237a-c, described as One / a. rectangular, 2 round mats, b.c. Silk, a. has cotton lining. Satin ground, embroidered, brocaded ribbon, plain weave linings. Red to yellow ground, varicolored designs, blue lining. Human figures, bat motives. a. 30 inches by 15 inches. b., c. 5½ inch diameter.

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