Dress Fabric
1850-1900 (made)
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Dress fabric of woven silk ikat in white, red, purple, yellow, blue and green. There is a paper label in one corner with "659" written in ink. The pattern has three vertical axes: the left and right include a large V-shaped yellow arch containing a large purple sprig, and beneath this is a white blossom with a red centre. The two yellow V-shapes meet in the centre beneath an elongated red blossom. There is no proper selvedge, just grouped warp threads.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk ikat |
| Brief description | Dress fabric, woven silk ikat, central Asia, 1850-1900. |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of woven silk ikat in white, red, purple, yellow, blue and green. There is a paper label in one corner with "659" written in ink. The pattern has three vertical axes: the left and right include a large V-shaped yellow arch containing a large purple sprig, and beneath this is a white blossom with a red centre. The two yellow V-shapes meet in the centre beneath an elongated red blossom. There is no proper selvedge, just grouped warp threads. |
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| Credit line | Given anonymously |
| Object history | Registered File number 1995/826. |
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| Accession number | T.702-1995 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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