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1999.33.69

Hanging or cover made of patchwork.

1999.33.69

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hanging or cover made of patchwork.
Cultural groups
Pashtun
Uzbek
Person
Field collector Marina de Alarcón
Field collector Mark Axworthy
PRM source Marina de Alarcón
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1999
Date collected
26 September 1999
Acquisition information
Purchased: 18/10/1999
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Synthetic Textile, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Pigment, Process Stitched, Process Embroidered, Process Patchwork, Process Recycled, Process Printed, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length 1185 mm, Width 1270 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1999.33.69
Research and responses

For further information on this type of 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. See page 135 of this publication for a photograph of a similar piece showing (note though that the embroidery on the piece illustrated is different to this object). [MdeA 21/12/99]

Search terms: Textile, Furniture Dwelling, Curtain, Table-cloth

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