Dress Fabric
1870s (made)
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Dress fabric of silk ikat. Silk warp and weft, full loom with red and white selvedges. In yellow, purple, red, blue. green. pale pink and darker pink. Central bold S-shaped motif in yellow with small red and blue patches on a purple ground. On either side the purple interlocks with pale pink, then the pattern continues with large red pomegranate shapes, both cut off incomplete, but one showing half a yellow and blue centre.
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Materials and techniques | Silk ikat |
Brief description | Dress fabric of silk ikat, made in Turkestan, 1870s |
Physical description | Dress fabric of silk ikat. Silk warp and weft, full loom with red and white selvedges. In yellow, purple, red, blue. green. pale pink and darker pink. Central bold S-shaped motif in yellow with small red and blue patches on a purple ground. On either side the purple interlocks with pale pink, then the pattern continues with large red pomegranate shapes, both cut off incomplete, but one showing half a yellow and blue centre. |
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Credit line | Given by Miss Lynda Hillyer |
Object history | Registered File number 1989/1442. |
Production | Central Asia |
Bibliographic reference | Larsen, Jack Lenor. The Dyers Art: Ikat, Batik, Plangi. New York, 1976, p. 172 |
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Accession number | T.368-1989 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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