Curtain
ca. 1880 (made)
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White oblong curtain for a door. Made of loosely-woven cotton embroidered applied floral and foliate motifs, with silver sequins, tinted silver foil, gold and silver threads, red and green plaited woollen braid with further decoration of tubular beads and shaped pieces of clear glass. With vertical rows of quatrefoils enclosing rosettes, leaf-shaped compartments of serrated outline, and narrower bands of rosettes and detached leaves. Further embellished down the long sides with a fringe of strings of green and yellow tubular beads and leaf shaped pieces of glass. Hanging loops on one of the short sides.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered cotton with silver sequins, silver foil, gold and silver threads, woollen braid with beads and glass |
| Brief description | Curtain of embroidered cotton, Mandalay, ca. 1880 |
| Physical description | White oblong curtain for a door. Made of loosely-woven cotton embroidered applied floral and foliate motifs, with silver sequins, tinted silver foil, gold and silver threads, red and green plaited woollen braid with further decoration of tubular beads and shaped pieces of clear glass. With vertical rows of quatrefoils enclosing rosettes, leaf-shaped compartments of serrated outline, and narrower bands of rosettes and detached leaves. Further embellished down the long sides with a fringe of strings of green and yellow tubular beads and leaf shaped pieces of glass. Hanging loops on one of the short sides. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs M.E.N. Smith |
| Production | Attribution note: The glass "jingles" down the sides may be intended to give warning of the approach of some living being, or possibly they were meant to scare away evil demons. |
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| Accession number | IM.215-1920 |
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| Record created | June 21, 2000 |
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