Table Cloth
MOA: University of British Columbia
3366/2
Large off-white rectangular table cloth with ivory hand-embroidery. Edge of the cloth is embroidered creating a scalloped-edge. Five concentric embroidered designs follow the outer edges of the fabric - three zigzags with two repeating designs in between. Across the centre are three columns by six rows of embroidered crosses.
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Narrative
The donors received the cloth as a gift from an Afghan family in 1999.
- Type of Item cloth
- Culture Afghan
- Material fibre
- Measurements height 215.0 cm, width 141.5 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Imelda Phelan, Fergus MacIntosh
- Received from Imelda Phelan, Fergus MacIntosh
- Made in Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Creation Date during 1999
- Collection Date during 1999
- Ownership Date before May 17, 2019
- Acquisition Date on May 17, 2019
- Item Classes textiles
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3366/0002