Longyi
late 1950s (made)
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Woman's longyi made of silk with a floating weft weave and unsewn. The ground of cloth consists of warp bands of pale green, pale pink and blue in regular sequence with alternate weft threads of pale green, pale pink and pale blue in regular sequence. The design, created by pink and green paired floating weft threads of acheik (horizontal wave patterns), run up the warp direction of the cloth.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk |
| Brief description | Woman's longyi made of silk, Mandalay, late 1950s |
| Physical description | Woman's longyi made of silk with a floating weft weave and unsewn. The ground of cloth consists of warp bands of pale green, pale pink and blue in regular sequence with alternate weft threads of pale green, pale pink and pale blue in regular sequence. The design, created by pink and green paired floating weft threads of acheik (horizontal wave patterns), run up the warp direction of the cloth. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Noel F. Singer |
| Object history | This longyi cloth was acquired by the donor while he was living in Burma between 1955 and 1959. |
| Bibliographic reference | Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. Handwoven Textiles of South-East Asia
Oxford University Press; 1988 57 & 86p.
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| Accession number | IS.111-1983 |
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| Record created | June 16, 1999 |
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