tent hanging; textile

Long rectangular tent hanging. The textile is constructed from a main embroidered panel surrounded by an embroidered blue border along three sides. At the top a strip of cream cotton textile has been attached for hanging. The ground of the main panel is a red piece woollen cloth. The emboidery is done in couched gold-coloured metal-wrapped thread and blue, green, white and yellow silk threads. The embroidery consists of 3 lion-dogs, surrounded by floral motifs and flowering branches. Both borders consist of blue-black silk satin. The embroidered border contains floral motifs and butterflies in white and blue.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn11976
Date
before 1954
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 24.2913 x 91.5354 in.; 617 x 2325 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wool (textile); cotton (textile); silk (texile); thread; silk (fiber); wool (hair)
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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