Embroidered jacket. [FB 14/05/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Embroidered jacket. [FB 14/05/2012]
Long description: Embroidered jacket. The jacket is made from several pieces of indigo dyed cotton and white cotton and has been wax resist dyed with blue and white geometric patterns embellished with red, yellow 'x' design. The bottom panel of the jacket is embroidered with geometric 'x' pattern in red, yellow, purple and pink with bands of thickly woven lengths of red, brown and yellow yarn. The top section of the jacket is wax resist dyed and decorated with embroidered filling patterns combining a number of different stitches in orange, red, white and yellow cotton yarn to make geometric patterns. The sleeves of the jacket have been embroidered in a similar way with bands of embroidered geometric patterns and woven strips. [FB 14/05/2012]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Guanxi Province
Cultural groups: Hmong
Person: Field collector John Gillow; PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 09/2002
Date collected: September 2002
Acquisition information: Donated: 2006
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Material Pigment, Process Woven, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched, Process Dyed, Process Resist Dyed, Process Appliqué
Dimensions: Width: max 1340 mm approx, Length: max 1080 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2009.135.26 Other numbers: 235
Research and responses: Miao Costumes from Guizhou Province South West China by Deryn O' Connor. Catalogue of an exhibition at James Hockney Gallery, WSCAD, Farnham. [FB 08/05/2012]
Associated publications: Miao Costumes from Guizhou Province South West China by Deryn O' Connor. Catalogue of an exhibition at James Hockney Gallery, WSCAD, Farnham. [FB 08/05/2012]

Search terms: Clothing, Clothing Textile, Jacket

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