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Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-23439, described as Shoulder Shawl. Pha Biang. Black shawl with embroidered ends, with geometric patterns in colors: green, light green, orange, purple, yellow, over red fabric. There are decorative threads hanging from the ends.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-23433, described as Shawl. Light orange background and embroidery of different non-matching patterns on the ends. One end with predominant white romboids. Other end with small white romboids and a bigger one in the middle.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21509, described as Shawl; very fine brown kashmir wool, w/ medium blue single-flower embroidery over all, and band of floral embroidery across each end and along selvedges. 1.5 cm fringe at each end; embroidery is cobalt blue and alternating black and white along selvedges; flowers and leaves are off-white, indigo blue, medium blue and orange.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21224, described as Chinese embroidered silk shawl with fringe, off-white color. Embroidered motifs include peonies and assorted flowers, phoenix, butterflies, pagodas, ducks, pavilion. Approx. 168.5 cm. x 162.5 cm. Fringe is 38 cm. long, 7 cm. of which is knotted. Small stains.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21514, described as Shawl; 4 cm decorative wrapped fringe; balanced weave; black with row of orange and yellow floral embroidery at ends and along edge; additional row of paisley/floral motifs and blanket stitch decorate edges; row of wrapped and bundled warp threeadss form small decorative holes 3 cm up from fringe;

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-23431, described as Shawl. Red fabric with weft stripes of white, purple, yellow and green. Most of the space between weft stripes is embroidered with geometric designs in green, white, yellow, orange and purple-grey thread.

Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 3-28255, described as Huanengo (Huipil). Materials: Plain weave cotton, wool yarn. Techniques: Sewing, embroidery. Colors: Natural cotton. Multicolor wool emb. Dimensions: 22 2/4", 17 3/4" long. Remarks: Short huipil, slit neck emphasised with cross-stitch embroidery. Garment is simply a single piece of cloth folded to make shoulders, hemmed up selvedges to bottom of armhole. Bottom unhemmed, good condition.

Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-21285a,b, described as Pair of Manchu woman’s platform (“flower pot”) shoes. Black satin upper sides, delicately embroidered with moths at tip. Upper edge black suede with piped edges; the lower, scalloped. Suede coarsley embroidered with white, pink, green-shaded twisted silk thread in a narcissus (?) pattern. Front and back tipes piped with donkey leather, secured in front with strong black belting weave; in back suede covered. A white and green strip of cloth separates the uppers from the platform. Its wood core covered above and below by cloth soles: the upper one padded and covered with lavendar piped white cotton; the lower one made of twine-quilter layers of cotton. Platform whitened. Overall Length: 24 cm. bottom of platform: 8 cm; top 21 cm; height of platform: 4 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-6441a,b, described as a, b) Pair of 'Pathani' shoes with multi-colored embroidery designs on toe and instep; strap and buckle; ancient design but modern manufacture.

Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 9-16461a,b, described as Women's shoes; matching pair (a & b) of pointed-toe shoes for ladies' bound feet, low heeled, embroidered cloth, multicolor floral & geometric design, worn on sole. length = 12.5 cm.

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