Beaded Panel (Q60779539)
Label from: English (en)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
material used:
glass bead (Q1435588)
wool fabric (Q11917845)
fabrication method:
beading (Q2915129)
part of:
Two Beaded Panels (Q60741552)
instance of:
textile artwork (Q22075301)
textile (Q28823)
catalog URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.210.1
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: In the 1800s, native peoples began to use European fabrics to fashion fine formal garments; they favored sturdy cloth, such as velvet and wool broadcloth, which provided support for heavy decorative beadwork that was added by hand. Often the fabric was a dark color, providing dramatic contrast for the multicolored beads. Rather than encrusting the entire garment, beadwork was confined to cuffs, “epaulettes,” bib-like plackets and yokes, rectangular panels sewn to leggings, shirts, and dresses, and the like.
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