Chintz, India for the Indonesian market, 19th century.
Chintz, India for the Indonesian market, 19th century.

Waxed cotton trade cloth, painted and block-printed, Coromandel Coast, India, for export to Indonesia, 19th century.  

Chintz, India for the Indonesian Market, 19th century, reverse.
Chintz, India for the Indonesian Market, 19th century, reverse.
Chintz, India for the Persian market, 18th or 19th century.
Chintz, India for the Persian market, 18th or 19th century.

Waxed cotton trade cloth, painted and block-printed in the rare format of a prayer niche, Coromandel Coast, India, for export to Persia, 18th/19th century.  Reference: Guy, Woven Cargoes.

 

Chintz, India for the Persian market, 18th or 19th century, reverse.
Chintz, India for the Persian market, 18th or 19th century, reverse.
Tunic (kushan), Bhutan, 19th century.
Tunic (kushan), Bhutan, 19th century.

A rare embroidered and appliqué cotton kushan from Bhutan with wear in keeping with age but in exceptional all-original condition.

Silk hipwrapper, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Malay Peninsula, 19th century.
Silk hipwrapper, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Malay Peninsula, 19th century.

An extremely rare textile, zone dyed, with gold thread in the supplementary pattern weave. 

Dao Quan Chet priest's vestment, Vietnam, early to mid 20th century.
Dao Quan Chet priest's vestment, Vietnam, early to mid 20th century.

Unique to the Yao of Vietnam, these robes have a unique, almost cartoonish charm through figures of embroidered dragons and other symbols in silk on cotton.

Dao Quan Chet priest's vestment, Vietnam, early to mid 20th century, detail.
Dao Quan Chet priest's vestment, Vietnam, early to mid 20th century, detail.
Ethiopian medicine man's hide shirt with amulets, mid 20th century.
Ethiopian medicine man's hide shirt with amulets, mid 20th century.
Zhuang baby carrier, Yunnan, China, circa 1900.
Zhuang baby carrier, Yunnan, China, circa 1900.

This rare appliqué cotton baby carrier is notable for its archaic patterning, stunning balance of colors, and whimsical and charming figures and symbols. The straps are folded behind in the photograph.

Tausug silk head cloth, pis, Sulu Islands, Philippines, early 20th century.
Tausug silk head cloth, pis, Sulu Islands, Philippines, early 20th century.

Tapestry weaving in a geometric pattern reminiscent of Indian mandalas, gives the pis siyabet a spiritual dimension.  Reference: From the Rainbow's Varied Hue, pp. 74 and 75.

Chintz, India for the Indonesian market, 19th century.
Chintz, India for the Indonesian Market, 19th century, reverse.
Chintz, India for the Persian market, 18th or 19th century.
Chintz, India for the Persian market, 18th or 19th century, reverse.
Tunic (kushan), Bhutan, 19th century.
Silk hipwrapper, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Malay Peninsula, 19th century.
Dao Quan Chet priest's vestment, Vietnam, early to mid 20th century.
Dao Quan Chet priest's vestment, Vietnam, early to mid 20th century, detail.
Ethiopian medicine man's hide shirt with amulets, mid 20th century.
Zhuang baby carrier, Yunnan, China, circa 1900.
Tausug silk head cloth, pis, Sulu Islands, Philippines, early 20th century.
Chintz, India for the Indonesian market, 19th century.

Waxed cotton trade cloth, painted and block-printed, Coromandel Coast, India, for export to Indonesia, 19th century.  

Chintz, India for the Indonesian Market, 19th century, reverse.
Chintz, India for the Persian market, 18th or 19th century.

Waxed cotton trade cloth, painted and block-printed in the rare format of a prayer niche, Coromandel Coast, India, for export to Persia, 18th/19th century.  Reference: Guy, Woven Cargoes.

 

Chintz, India for the Persian market, 18th or 19th century, reverse.
Tunic (kushan), Bhutan, 19th century.

A rare embroidered and appliqué cotton kushan from Bhutan with wear in keeping with age but in exceptional all-original condition.

Silk hipwrapper, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Malay Peninsula, 19th century.

An extremely rare textile, zone dyed, with gold thread in the supplementary pattern weave. 

Dao Quan Chet priest's vestment, Vietnam, early to mid 20th century.

Unique to the Yao of Vietnam, these robes have a unique, almost cartoonish charm through figures of embroidered dragons and other symbols in silk on cotton.

Dao Quan Chet priest's vestment, Vietnam, early to mid 20th century, detail.
Ethiopian medicine man's hide shirt with amulets, mid 20th century.
Zhuang baby carrier, Yunnan, China, circa 1900.

This rare appliqué cotton baby carrier is notable for its archaic patterning, stunning balance of colors, and whimsical and charming figures and symbols. The straps are folded behind in the photograph.

Tausug silk head cloth, pis, Sulu Islands, Philippines, early 20th century.

Tapestry weaving in a geometric pattern reminiscent of Indian mandalas, gives the pis siyabet a spiritual dimension.  Reference: From the Rainbow's Varied Hue, pp. 74 and 75.

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