Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  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…

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  Textile (Burma)

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  Hanging (India), 1700–1750

  Hanging with part of one border cut out to shape it to coverlet use. Two large curving sprays with various large, carefully shaded flowers and large curving jagged leaves, and…

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  Hanging (China), 19th century

  Flying phoenix holding curving sprays of tree peony in deep blue cut velvet on a rectangular foundation of tarnished gold. Border of stylized lotus and leaves reserved in gold on…

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  Hanging, Sailors Take Warning, ca. 1928

  Landscape with high sky, in bright pink, blues, green, black silk and off-white chenille wefts, on bright orange warps.

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  Fragment (Burma), early 19th century

  Figural groups from Burmese iconography, in close-set vertical repeat about 16″ high. Blue ground, right half textured with tiny white dots and left half with faint yellow bars suggesting architectural…

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  Hanging, 18th century

  Large embroidered panel with a field filled with floral boteh forms and a deep border with open flower heads and curving vines and leaves. The field has an eight-pointed star…

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  Tape (Burma), 1900–1957

  Geometrical ornament and inscription in the Pali language in red and cream. narrow saffron yellow edges or selvedges. Warp fringe (33cm) at one end.

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  Sarong (Indonesia), 1900–1957

  A panel of glazed cotton, resist-printed, probably by a batik method known as cap (tjap) printing (wax resist applied by means of blocks inlaid with copper strips). Two-thirds of the…

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  Sarong (Indonesia), 1900–1957

  A panel of glazed cotton, resist-printed, probably by a batik method known as cap (tjap) printing (wax resist applied by means of blocks inlaid with copper strips). Design is dark…