Table Cover Item Number: N2.204 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular cover with a floral and geometric design; the peony flower in pink and the clematis flower in orange, grey, and purple over clouds and haze. The left and right side have a blue background with two rows of black and white geometric designs. The central, rectangular panel is cream with red zigzag and curly lines behind pink, red, orange, purple, blue and navy flowers with green, dark green, blue and navy leaves.
Specific Techniques
The design is a result of using two traditional Ryūkyūan/Okinawan textile techniques. Ryūkyū bingata (琉球紅型; bingata, literally “red style”) is a traditional stenciled resist dying technique and Ryūkyū kasuri (琉球絣) is also a resist dyeing technique, both used in Okinawa. Both techniques started to be used around the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and developed during the Ryūkyū kingdom period (1429-1879). The blue dye may be one that is commonly referred to as "Prussian blue".
Item History
- Made in Okinawa, Japan
- Collected by Wayne Suttles during 1954
- Owned by Wayne Suttles before 1954
- Received from Wayne Suttles (Seller) and University Purchase (Funding source) during 1954
What
- Name
- Table Cover
- Identification Number
- N2.204
- Type of Item
- cover
- Material
- banana fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- bingata
- Overall
- height 91.8 cm, width 47.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Okinawan
- Field Collector
- Wayne Suttles
- Previous Owner
- Wayne Suttles
- Received from
- Wayne Suttles (Seller) and University Purchase (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Okinawa, Japan
When
- Collection Date
- during 1954
- Ownership Date
- before 1954
- Acquisition Date
- during 1954
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2171/0015