Hanging
ca. 1850 (made)
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Since the eigthteenth century, Burmese weavers have produced luxurious wave-patterned silks known as luntaya acheik, woven by a highly skilled weaver manipulating 100 to 200 weft threads to create the warp patterns. Usually a striking feature of Burmese dress, this example is, in contrast, a magnificent hanging, decorated with Buddhist motifs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tapestry-weave silk (luntaya acheik) with metal wrapped threads |
| Brief description | Hanging, tapestry-weave (luntaya acheik) silk, Myanmar (Burma), Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885), ca. 1850 |
| Physical description | This hanging has been created using the Burmese tapestry technique known as luntaya acheik which uses a large number of shuttles to create the warp patterns. The pink ground of the hanging is adorned with motifs of acquatic life, tortoises, birds, tigers, elephants, plants, mythological creatures and stylised clouds in a variety colours; yellow and blue stepped arches enclose tortoises, plants and a fish forming a central motif; the motifs across the entire hanging have been positioned so that they are symmetrical vertically and horizontally; undulating waves form the borders of the hanging; the ends are fringed |
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| Production | Received by the India Museum in 1855 from Pegu |
| Summary | Since the eigthteenth century, Burmese weavers have produced luxurious wave-patterned silks known as luntaya acheik, woven by a highly skilled weaver manipulating 100 to 200 weft threads to create the warp patterns. Usually a striking feature of Burmese dress, this example is, in contrast, a magnificent hanging, decorated with Buddhist motifs. |
| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
| Other number | 3,181 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 9753(IS) |
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| Record created | May 4, 1999 |
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