- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Woman's collar consisting of several sections of different coloured silk damask, many of which are embroidered, attached to one another by bead links.
- Long description
- Each embroidered panel is backed with bright pink silk damask textile and edged with black and bright blue silk satin textile. The collar is ornamented with multicoloured silk tassels and silk damask streamers embroidered in silk yarn. The embroidery motifs are mainly floral or of butterflies. The collar is fastened with a black silk knot and loop fastening at the neck of the garment. [MdeA 10/7/2000]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Circa by 1980
- Date collected
- By circa 1980
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 12/10/1999
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Material Damask Textile, Process Woven, Process Stitched, Process Embroidered
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1999.32.11
1999.32.11
Woman's collar consisting of several sections of different coloured silk damask, many of which are embroidered, attached to one another by bead links.
1999.32.11
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