Silk Acheik-Luntaya Textile
3rd quarter 19th century (made)
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Acheik (horizontal wave) patterned textile in yellow, greens, white and red. Identical colour and pattern to 0594 (IS)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk luntaya (one hundred shuttles) interlocking tapestry weave. |
| Brief description | Burmese acheik-luntaya multi-coloured silk textile. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885), ca. 1860. |
| Physical description | Acheik (horizontal wave) patterned textile in yellow, greens, white and red. Identical colour and pattern to 0594 (IS) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Forbes Watson, J Textile Fabrics of India.
London: India Museum, 1866, 1st Series, Vol. 14, No. 543
Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. Handwoven Textiles of South-East Asia
Oxford University Press, 1988. 50p & 88p.
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| Accession number | 6145(IS) |
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| Record created | April 19, 1999 |
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