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

Collection type: Object
Description: Embroidered front apron. [FB 08/06/2012]
Long description: Embroidered front 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 in geometric designs. Cotton ties have been stitched at two corners of the apron. [FB 08/06/2012]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; East Guizhou Province Nanzhai City near Jianhe Liufu Village
Cultural groups: Hmong
Person: Field collector Deryn O'Connor; PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 29/09/1996
Date collected: 29 September 1996
Acquisition information: Donated: 2006
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Material Metal, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Width: max 176 mm, Length: max 448 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2009.135.98 Other numbers: 168
Research and responses: 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]

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