Shawl

Museum number:
9-21224
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4684
Object count:
1
Description:
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.
Donor:
Mary C. Stoddard
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works), Phoenixes, Shawls, and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 17, 1996
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
162.5 centimeters and 168.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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 2 of 2 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.

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