cover image: Sarong

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Sarong

Research in Progress Long narrow panel with rectangular field with diagonal lattice framing small flowering pants on a yellow/ochre background: wide border at each end in four sections - each decorated with pendant forms, top and bottom red background and remailing two yellow/ochre on deep purple ground. Continuous outer band framing field and end borders patterned by a repeat of two alternating medallions with floral guard stripe on each side. (MS'72)
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
late 19th–early 20th century
Dates
late 19th–early 20th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: printed, mordant, painted, resist dyed on plain weave block-printed patterns for field and borders; wax resist lines; application of mordants for two reds; application of yellow and blue (green). Glazed as a finish.
Pages
H x W: 384 x 108 cm (151 1/8 x 42 1/2 in.)
Place Discussed
Thailand India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
Thailand
Reference
1972-6-6
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/8fe0a241aabb93eab919f3317d0d2d22