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  • Shawl (Mexico), late 18th–early 19th century

    Long narrow shawl of cream colored cotton embroidered at the ends and along the sides in colored silks and paillettes in a leaf and bow-knot design. Scalloped ends of netting…

  • Shawl (Belgium), 19th century

    White lace shawl of fine mesh with detached floral designs and a wide floral border.

  • Skirt Cloth (Indonesia), 1931

    Skirt cloth made of two lengths seamed down long sides of bright green silk cloth with scaled design in gold thread. Design shows long stemmed stylized floral forms extending into…

  • Shawl (Switzerland), 19th–20th century

    Shawl in fine white cotton printed in polychrome and what appears to be hand painted additions. Border design is a rural scene along a river; corners feature a rustic bridge,…

  • Textile (Indonesia), early 20th century

    Painted and glazed cloth strip depicting scenes from a Hindu religious epic. Shows rows of standing and kneeling figures against stylized cloud bands on undyed cotton ground. Flowering sprays and…

  • Textile (Indonesia), early 20th century

    Painted and glazed cloth strip depicting scenes from a Hindu religious epic. Shows rows of standing and kneeling figures against stylized cloud bands on undyed cotton ground. Flowering sprays and…

  • Textile (Indonesia), early 20th century

    Painted and glazed cloth strip depicting scenes from a Hindu religious epic. Shows rows of standing and kneeling figures against stylized cloud bands on undyed cotton ground. Flowering sprays and…

  • Textile (Indonesia), ca. 1931

    Textile woven with spaced warps and wefts showing geometric motif in pink, purple, green, yellow, and orange on off-white ground. Spaces make plaid pattern.

  • Sarong (Indonesia), 1900–1950

    Sarong with horizontal repeat of large-scale curving floral spray (“buketan” motif) surrounded by birds and butterflies in black, red, and blue on undyed ground. Narrow black side borders with blue…

  • Ceremonial Cloth (kamben Geringsing) (Indonesia), 1931

    Textile created in double ikat or ‘geringsing technique’ (within Indonesia, only practiced in the village of Tenganan, East Bali). Shows symetrical scaled design of large half medallions with complex decorative…

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