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2018.37.76.1

One of a pair of embroidered panels for sirwal bottoms consisting of black and green textile embroidered with red, green and metallic cotton thread. [AFS [OPS move] 5/6/2019]

2018.37.76.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
One of a pair of embroidered panels for sirwal bottoms consisting of black and green textile embroidered with red, green and metallic cotton thread. [AFS [OPS move] 5/6/2019]
Long description
One of a pair of embroidered sirwal bottom panels consisting of black and green textile embroidered with red, green and metallic cotton thread. The top green and black sections have been embroidered with metallic threaded cotton forming a looped pattern, attached to the textile with red and white cotton thread, and decorated with red cross stitch in the centre of the design. The panel has been folded and the two lengths stitched together along part of the green section. The bottom of the panel is embroidered with a linear pattern of green, red and metallic threaded white cotton. The embroidery is seamless, though the backing fabric has been folded and stitched along the two lengths. The backing fabric has a blue brand woven into the cotton textile reading [?]BROTHERS. [AFS [OPS move] 5/6/2019]
Geographical reference
Yemen
Asia > Western Asia > Yemen
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Jenny Balfour-Paul
PRM source Jenny Balfour-Paul
Date
Date collected
1985
Acquisition information
Donated: 03/03/2016
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Plastic Synthetic, Material Synthetic Textile, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Stitched, Process Embroidered
Dimensions
Width: max 146 mm, Length: max 317 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2018.37.76.1 Other numbers: NY15
Research and responses

Mentioned in Indigo in the Arab World by Jenny Balfour-Paul, Curzon Press, 1997 p 133-134. Worn sewn onto the bottom of sirwal bottoms so they might show underneath women's dresses. [AFS [OPS move] 17/7/2019]

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, Embroidery

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