Veil

Museum number:
9-15057
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015057
Alternate number:
1036 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.04
Description:
Woman's veil. Silk, metal wrapped yarns. Plain weave, brocaded? Warp, weft pattern weave borders. White ground, gold and red designs. Floral, "pine cone" motives. 48 inches by 48 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Henrietta F. Brewer
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Persia
Materials:
Metal and Silk (brocade?)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Veil, accession number 9-15057, described as Woman's veil. Silk, metal wrapped yarns. Plain weave, brocaded? Warp, weft pattern weave borders. White ground, gold and red designs. Floral, "pine cone" motives. 48 inches by 48 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Veil, accession number 9-15057, described as Woman's veil. Silk, metal wrapped yarns. Plain weave, brocaded? Warp, weft pattern weave borders. White ground, gold and red designs. Floral, "pine cone" motives. 48 inches by 48 inches.

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