2018.37.70

Collection type

Object

Description

Net veil of loosely woven (knotted) string, embroidered with yellow, maroon, blue and green thread stripes. [AFS [OPS move] 17/7/2019]

Long description

Net veil of loosely woven (knotted) string, embroidered with yellow, maroon, blue and green thread stripes. The longer edges have been hemmed with alternating stripes of the four embroidery colours. The main embroidered design consists of a striped design, the stripes alternating border colour, and decorated with a yellow zigzag. The triangles around the zigzag alternate blue, green and maroon in matched pairs. The shorter edges have alternating coloured tassels with gold plastic thread, and are hemmed with alternating coloured sections, with a green border. The thread used to create the main body of the veil is dyed black. [AFS [OPS move] 17/7/2019]

Geographical reference

Yemen

Asia > Western Asia > Yemen

al-Bayda

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Jenny Balfour-Paul

PRM source Jenny Balfour-Paul

Date

Date collected

1983

Acquisition information

Donated: 03/03/2016

Materials and processes

Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Material Plastic Synthetic, Process Woven, Process Knotted, Process Embroidered, Process Dyed

Dimensions

Width: max 634 mm, Length: max 1531 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2018.37.70 Other numbers: NY8

Associated publications

Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo in the Arab World, Routledge, 1997 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019] Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans by , British Museum Press, 1998 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019]

Search terms: Textile, Clothing Textile, Clothing Headgear, Clothing, Veil Headgear