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2009.135.94

Embroidered back apron. [FB 08/06/2012]

2009.135.94

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Collection type
Object
Description
Embroidered back apron. [FB 08/06/2012]
Long description
Embroidered back apron. The apron is made from indigo dyed cotton textile calandered on the front. A panel in the centre of the apron has been embroidered with strips of white metal wrapped onto a grid of back stitches, surrounded with lozenge shaped eyelets in faded pink and purple floss silk. The rest of apron is decorated with a woven textile with striped pattern in muted tones of brown, yellow and black. Twisted cotton ties have been stitched at two corners of the apron. [FB 08/06/2012]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
South East Guizhou Province Kaili
Cultural groups
Hmong
Person
Field collector Deryn O'Connor
PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 10/1999
Date collected
October 1999
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, Material Metal, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Width: max 173 mm, Length: max 434 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2009.135.94 Other numbers: 185
Research and responses

See Miao Costumes from Guizhou Province South West China by Deryn O' Connor. Catalogue of an exhibition at James Hockney Gallery, WSCAD, Farnham.

Calandering makes the indigo dyed cloth shiny and is prized by the Miao. It is done by folding the material and beating it with a wooden mallet on a flay stone. [FB 01/06/2012]

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: Textile, Clothing Textile, Clothing, Apron

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