logo
Open today 10 am – 5 pm

Utility Cloth

Servilleta

Native NameServilleta
Object Number:85-2-118C
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Chorti
Provenience: Guatemala
Estanzuela
Department of Zacapa
Culture Area: Central American
Section:American
Materials:Cotton
Length: 24 cm
Width: 28 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Center of Inter-American Relations; Stanley de Jongh Osborne, Richard de Jongh Osborne and Mrs. Ford E. Smith, 1985

Description

White cotton gauze in alternating alignment. Orange supplementary weft embroidery.

As per Sigrid Meier, "Warp: 24 epi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Weft: 26 ppi, two singles, Z twist, white cotton. Balanced plain weave and gauze weave. Supplementary weft is two faced. Woven on a backstrap loom."

You may also be interested in these objects:


Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.