Textile

Museum number:
9-15206
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015206
Alternate number:
3020 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3689 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Object count:
1
Description:
EMBROIDERED BROCADE. 4.1. Metallic, silk. Brodade, couching. Green, gold. Green brocade w. couched embroidery in gold metallic thread making a flame-edged circle (poss. to go behind a statue of Buddah). Brocade has a design of crane and dragon medallions alternating w. floral des. Stained and dirty with clean edges on all sides. 22 inches long by 12 inches wide.
Donor:
Design (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 12 inches and length 22 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-15206, described as EMBROIDERED BROCADE. 4.1. Metallic, silk. Brodade, couching. Green, gold. Green brocade w. couched embroidery in gold metallic thread making a flame-edged circle (poss. to go behind a statue of Buddah). Brocade has a design of crane and dragon medallions alternating w. floral des. Stained and dirty with clean edges on all sides. 22 inches long by 12 inches wide.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-15206, described as EMBROIDERED BROCADE. 4.1. Metallic, silk. Brodade, couching. Green, gold. Green brocade w. couched embroidery in gold metallic thread making a flame-edged circle (poss. to go behind a statue of Buddah). Brocade has a design of crane and dragon medallions alternating w. floral des. Stained and dirty with clean edges on all sides. 22 inches long by 12 inches wide.

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