Textile
late 19th century (made)
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Textile sample of ikat fabric from a garment piece, woven in a mixture of silk and cotton. It has a striped silk weft mainly in satin-weave, partly tied-dyed before weaving. Warp of undyed cotton. The colours are red, blue, yellow and some dark brown and salmon pink. Some red sections are tie-dyed with yellow reserved, and the blue sections tie-dyed with white reserved.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk and cotton, partly tied-dyed and undyed |
| Brief description | Textile sample of ikat woven silk and cotton, Malaysia, late 19th century |
| Physical description | Textile sample of ikat fabric from a garment piece, woven in a mixture of silk and cotton. It has a striped silk weft mainly in satin-weave, partly tied-dyed before weaving. Warp of undyed cotton. The colours are red, blue, yellow and some dark brown and salmon pink. Some red sections are tie-dyed with yellow reserved, and the blue sections tie-dyed with white reserved. |
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| Object history | Registered File number 1976/374. Previously transferred from Bethnal Green Museum to the Textiles Department (RF1975/3080). Formerly had museum number (probably A.P., i.e. Animal Products) but record lost. A new museum number was given in 1976. |
| Production | Straits Settlements (now part of Malaysia) |
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| Accession number | IS.2-1976 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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