Cleveland Museum of Art

Fichu made of piña

Date

1800s

Medium

piña cloth: ecru thread embroidery

Culture

Philippines

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This square textile is made of fine piña fiber in plain weave. Two edges are finished with wide hand-embroidered cotton borders composed of oval medallions enclosing floral motifs, linked by scroll and leaf elements, and completed with a scalloped outer edge. The placement of embroidery on only one half suggests folding, consistent with this textile’s possible use as a fichu. A fichu is a large, square kerchief worn by women to fill in the low neckline of a bodice.

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