Textile

Museum number:
18-1738
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001738
Accession number:
Acc.4364
Description:
embroidered panel; couched, embroidered panel; cotton fabrics of black and red. 1 outer border is black, central square is red, overall couched gold embroidery is inset with small pieces of triangular glass backed with self fabric or paper (grey?). central square has floral motif with 7.3cm round mirror backed with patterned paper. Lined with orange fabric.
Donor:
Robert J. Kimball
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
SE Asia, Sumatra
Collector:
Robert J. Kimball
Materials:
Glass (material), Gold (metal), and Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1988
Context of use:
decorative
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 65 centimeters, width 59.3 centimeters, center— length 29.5 centimeters, and center— width 30 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 18-1738, described as embroidered panel; couched, embroidered panel; cotton fabrics of black and red. 1 outer border is black, central square is red, overall couched gold embroidery is inset with small pieces of triangular glass backed with self fabric or paper (grey?). central square has floral motif with 7.3cm round mirror backed with patterned paper. Lined with orange fabric.

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