Embroidered piece for a jacket. [FB 24/07/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Embroidered piece for a jacket. [FB 24/07/2012]
Long description: Embroidered piece for a jacket. Piece made from black cotton textile embroidered along three edges with floral and geometric designs in cross stitch and filling patterns in white, purple and red silk yarn. Butterfly motifs have been embroidered in cross stitch. [FB 24/07/2012]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Guizhou Province Huaxi
Cultural groups: Hmong
Person: Field collector Deryn O'Connor; PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 28/05/2004
Date collected: 28 May 2004
Acquisition information: Donated: 2006
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Material Pigment, Process Dyed, Process Woven, Process Stitched, Process Embroidered
Dimensions: Width: max 271 mm, Length: max 704 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2009.135.162 Other numbers: 62
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. [FB 24/07/2012]
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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