Sarong
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Festive woman's skirt made from two pieces sewn together. Striped (warp) fabric in black, yellow-orange, rust-red, and dark brown (the black predominating) patterned by embroidery confined within the stripes. The embroidered patterns are geometric with several resembling flowers and embellished with mirrors. The embroidery is in orange, black, and rust-red.
place: label: made in
content: South Sumatra, Indonesia
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1969-50-20
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sarong
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation, mirrors Technique: embroidered with running, chain, buttonhole, couching, and satin stitches on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 122.5 x 113.7 cm (48 1/4 x 44 3/4 in.)