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Skirt cloth

Skirt cloth

  • Place of origin:

    Mandalay, Burma (made)

  • Date:

    early 1880s (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Silk luntaya ('100 shuttles' interlocking tapestry weave) cloth

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Mrs Bambury

  • Museum number:

    IS.2-1888

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This detail shows the long edge of a silk piece intended to form part of a
pah-soe, the voluminous wrapped and draped skirt worn by fashionably dressed Burmese gentlemen on festive occasions.
Typical of such a garment this piece displays the unique Burmese pattern called '100 shuttles' in an interlocking tapestry weave known as acheik-luntaya in a design and colours reserved for men's clothing.

Physical description

A piece made up of four and a half repeats of various weft acheik (horizontal wave) patterns with checkered end borders in a subtle variation of tones including deep pink, gold colour, two shades of green, maroon and white.

This length would have formed half a pah-soe.

Place of Origin

Mandalay, Burma (made)

Date

early 1880s (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Silk luntaya ('100 shuttles' interlocking tapestry weave) cloth

Dimensions

Length: 381 cm, Width: 186.5 cm

Object history note

This cloth was claimed by the donor to have been given by the King [Thibaw r.1876-1885] to his Prime Minister, and by the latter given to a friend of the donor.

Descriptive line

Part of a man's skirt (pah-soe), Burmese silk pah-soe piece. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). ca. 1880. Acheik-luntaya patterns in various colours.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Franklin & Swallow. Identifying with the Gods Hali Annual Edition 1994: p. 53, Fig. 7

Production Note

"From the Royal loom in King Theebaw's Palace at Mandalay"

Materials

Silk

Techniques

Weaving

Collection code

SSEA

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