1999.33.53

Collection type

Object

Description

Embroidered panel for a woman's dress.

Long description

The panel is roughly square in shape and is made of several pieces of cotton and wool? textile stitched together. A piece of pale green silk textile has been stitched on top of the pieces of cotton textile and then embroidered in mainly geometric designs. There are two bands on either edge of the panel which are not embroidered onto the green silk; they have been embroidered directly onto two strips of red cotton textile. These strips are embroidered with a repeating leaf pattern. In the center of the panel there are two bands of floral embroidery. On the main body of the panel the embroidery is very dense and completely covers the textile. One of the pieces of base textile appears to be a textile used in a man's suit. The panel has been embroidered with brightly coloured silk yarn. [MdeA 15/12/99]

Geographical reference

Pakistan

Asia > Southern Asia > Pakistan

North West Frontier Province Peshawar

Cultural groups

Pashtun

Person

Field collector Marina de Alarcón

Field collector Mark Axworthy

PRM source Marina de Alarcón

Date / Period

Date made: Before 29/09/1999

Date collected

29 September 1999

Acquisition information

Purchased: 18/10/1999

Materials and processes

Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Material Wool Textile Animal, Process Embroidered, Process Woven, Process Recycled

Dimensions

Length 270 mm, Width 268 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1999.33.53

Research and responses

For a photograph of similar embroidery see 'Afghan Embroidery' by Roland Paiva and Bernard Dupaigne published by Musée de L'Homme, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Fondation de France, pages 24-25. [MdeA 14/12/99]

Search terms: Clothing Textile, Textile, Collar, Dress