Textile

Museum number:
9-15493
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3004 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3712 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Lined piece; silk, linen, gold metallic; cut velvet, couched embroidered, hand sewing; navy, gold metallic, natural linen; 49 1/2 by 53 1/2 inches; two floral medallions 14 inches in diameter of gold silk and surrounding vine and leaf scrolls in couched metallic gold. Embroidered area covers 1/2 of the shape on the diagonal. Lined with natural lined with calligraphy and ink stains. Velvet and linen pieced.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
JAPAN
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Silk velvet
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Textile samples
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 50 inches and length 54 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 9-15493, described as Lined piece; silk, linen, gold metallic; cut velvet, couched embroidered, hand sewing; navy, gold metallic, natural linen; 49 1/2 by 53 1/2 inches; two floral medallions 14 inches in diameter of gold silk and surrounding vine and leaf scrolls in couched metallic gold. Embroidered area covers 1/2 of the shape on the diagonal. Lined with natural lined with calligraphy and ink stains. Velvet and linen pieced.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 9-15493, described as Lined piece; silk, linen, gold metallic; cut velvet, couched embroidered, hand sewing; navy, gold metallic, natural linen; 49 1/2 by 53 1/2 inches; two floral medallions 14 inches in diameter of gold silk and surrounding vine and leaf scrolls in couched metallic gold. Embroidered area covers 1/2 of the shape on the diagonal. Lined with natural lined with calligraphy and ink stains. Velvet and linen pieced.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-15493, described as Lined piece; silk, linen, gold metallic; cut velvet, couched embroidered, hand sewing; navy, gold metallic, natural linen; 49 1/2 by 53 1/2 inches; two floral medallions 14 inches in diameter of gold silk and surrounding vine and leaf scrolls in couched metallic gold. Embroidered area covers 1/2 of the shape on the diagonal. Lined with natural lined with calligraphy and ink stains. Velvet and linen pieced.

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