Quilt

Rectangular bedspread, with a gray-green background, with polychrome plant embroidery. It has a green lining and trimmings tape that borders it in shades: old gold, green, pink, garnet and beige. Decorative central motif, consisting of a large flower framed in a circle; From here some scrolls start that cover the entire surface, including colored flowers in pink, blue, purple, red, etc ... At the edges, a fretwork that repeats the same scrolls framed by two small borders with flowers.

Additional analysis:
Set of three pieces of ocher silk with intertwining motifs and vegetal scrolls, and of birds executed in enhancement embroidery that form various borders around a central emblem. The quilt [CE17101] has a grogain border around it. The quadrants [CE17102 and CE17103] are outlined by multi-colored silk cord in a rope fashion with tassels towards the corners.

Due to the general style of the design, it would surely be made in the Philippines in the mid-19th century, with strong Chinese influences that perfectly complements the embroidery series of this Center.(Report for the Board of Qualification, Valuation and Exportation of Historical Heritage Assets. Isabel de Ceballos-Escalera. 1985).

Bibliography MORRAL I ROMEU, Eulàlia; SEGURA I MAS, Antoni. Silk in Spain. Legend, power and reality. 1991. Barcelona: Lunwerg.

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Date

1901-2000

Rights

Used with permission © Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte

Identifier

CE17101

Origin

Due to the general style of the design, it would surely be made in the Philippines in the mid-19th century, with strong Chinese influences that perfectly complements the embroidery series of this Center.(Report for the Board of Qualification, Valuation and Exportation of Historical Heritage Assets. Isabel de Ceballos-Escalera. 1985).

Materials

Silk
Technique:
Trimmings
Embroidery
Weaving

Physical Dimensions

Height = 272 cm; Width = 268 cm

Display status

Not on display

Acknowledgements

Contributed by Cinta Krahe, Associate Professor at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid. Photos: Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas

Official Website

http://ceres.mcu.es/pages/Main?idt=13974&inventary=CE17101&table=FMUS&museum=MNAD

Collection

National Museum of Decorative Arts in Madrid

Source

Translated from Spanish by Google Translate
Record accessed Oct. 2021
Edited for grammar by the Mapping team

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“Quilt,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 26, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/14715.

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