Details
Title: woven textile
Date created: before 2000
Accession number: ITC 2012.166
Place of creation: Associated with Asia - Kashmir - Varanasi
Cultural origin: South East Asia
Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/bw91f9xg
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/668296
Collection group(s): International Textile Collection
Description
A hand woven piece in yellow, brown, green and natural, with a weft stripe and small geometric designs of triangles and diamonds. The short edges have warp fringing.
The single warp is natural colour. In addition, there are three paired warp groups, each having five warp threads in each half of the pair.
The central pair of five grouped warps are 1.5 cm apart, and are bisect the midline of the fabric. Two other pairs of five grouped warp threads are found parallel to the selvedge, 0.5 cm from the edge, and with 2 cm between them.
Geometric patterns are worked in green, yellow and brown, developed with a supplementary weft of five individual twisted strands, which together remain untwisted . Where the weft threads are natural in colour, there is a 3 over 1 basket weave. Where the weft threads are coloured, there is a 2 over 1 basket weave. The patterns are reversible.
Part of the Georgina and Raymond Mills Collection.
Physical characteristics
Category: Textile
Technique: Textile - Woven - Handwoven
Measurement details: 159 x 32.6 cm
without tassels: 150 cm
Accession details
Accession number: ITC 2012.166
Accession date: 24/10/2012
Source: Gift
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