Textile
First Paragraph:Include the date, country where made, artist name, approx. measurements, materials, type of
process, museum where located (what data are you given)Second Paragraph:Your description of the textilePut
- a formal analysis or description means that you look at the textile and describe it.(do not use research here -
only describe)
Comments by professor:
Your first paragraph is very good. There are a few edits to make. Rewrite the second paragraph (you may likely
use some of those sentences later in your paper. A formal analysis at its minimum describes. Thus start with it
overall shape. This Chinese Palampore is a large rectangular bed covering. (1st sentence) -then describe the
ground fabric and its fiber process used in a sentence: use these words: white, silk satin, embroidered with
polychrome silk threads - then describe how the composition is organized - in this case its like a carpet: use
words like: a border and a central field - describe the border in 1-2 sentences what flowers do you see - how
would you describe the branches or vines that connect the flowers - NOW describe the central field: again what
do you see.... Basically I see that the tree of life fills this space - what words describe how the tree bends and
moves through the space. what amazing flowers and leave emerge in abundance from it. - then 1 - 2
sentences about the beautiful forms that are at the base of the trees. are they mountains or hills or mounds of
earth or? - anything else that the artists put in this beautiful design?