Textile sample

Museum number:
7-7078
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3717 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Object count:
1
Description:
LACE TEA CLOTH. Linen. Drawn work, reticello. Natural. Tea cloth of drawn work. Linen w. natural color emb. Four 13 inch squares containing each a different god & various other symbols, flowers, leaves. Each sq. surrounded by strips of plain linen ornamented by spaced motifs of reticello. Entire cloth edged by ⅝ inch pointed edging in same tech as squares. Excellent condition. 33½ inches square.
Donor:
Design (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Sweden
Verbatim coll. place:
SWEDEN?
Culture or time period:
Swedish
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
width 34 inches and length 34 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile sample, accession number 7-7078, described as LACE TEA CLOTH. Linen. Drawn work, reticello. Natural. Tea cloth of drawn work. Linen w. natural color emb. Four 13 inch squares containing each a different god & various other symbols, flowers, leaves. Each sq. surrounded by strips of plain linen ornamented by spaced motifs of reticello. Entire cloth edged by ⅝ inch pointed edging in same tech as squares. Excellent condition. 33½ inches square.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile sample, accession number 7-7078, described as LACE TEA CLOTH. Linen. Drawn work, reticello. Natural. Tea cloth of drawn work. Linen w. natural color emb. Four 13 inch squares containing each a different god & various other symbols, flowers, leaves. Each sq. surrounded by strips of plain linen ornamented by spaced motifs of reticello. Entire cloth edged by ⅝ inch pointed edging in same tech as squares. Excellent condition. 33½ inches square.

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