Wedding Cape (Isibheklane)
Ngwane
1940–1970
- Medium
- Eleven layers of cotton, polyester, and rayon, plain weaves; some fulled; some embroidered with cotton in laid work and couching; all beaded with cotton, polyolefin, plastic, and glass beads; embellished with brass buttons and cotton cords
- Dimensions
- 94.4 × 86.3 cm (37 1/8 × 34 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
embellishedcotton (textile)kwazulu natalbeading (process)rayonngwanadrakensbergarts of AfricaAfrican Textilesneedlework (visual works)south africanTextilecouching (embroidering)embroideringpolyesterplain weaving
