Textile
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two panels stitched together in a design of vertical bands of warp ikat in dark brown reserved in cream, separated by thin stripes of red and orange, and two wide vertical bands of embroidery in white and orange silks with a little blue and yellow. Some of the small motifs are couched in linen wound with gilded paper. Embroidery design shows tall unidentifiable figures, scattered with several small bird symbols and curving cone-like forms. Abstract, angular and sinuous ikat designs suggest animal or plant forms. Stripes are ornamented with free shuttle weaving.
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1959-3-1
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton or hemp, silk, gilt paper Technique: tied resist patterning in warp (ikat)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 129 × 134 cm (50 13/16 × 52 3/4 in.)