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textile quilted mirrored
Labelled as "Quilted mirrored textile very worn", this is a rectangular pieced cloth, backed with dull blue fabric (faded), and decorated with small pieces of hand embroidery, shisha, and couching.
patchwork ikat
A silk patchwork piece of brightly coloured ikat fabric squares, held together by a lattice of black silk, pieced to fit. The patchwork squares measure on average 7 x 7cm, but are not completely regul...
cap
before 1914
This cap has been embroidered with multicoloured geometric motifs which incorporate mirror work. It is decorated in the centre of the crown with a red tassel. Herringbone, chain and satin stitch hav...
ikat
A piece of silk ikat from Andhra Pradesh. The design This single ikat has chevrons and stripes, unusually in pastel colours.
Indian textile offcuts
20th Century
28 assorted textile offcuts in various sizes and conditions including cotton, silk, synthetic, metal thread and machine embroidered pieces (possibly one hand embroidered, with mirrors).
sari
Described as "Green cotton piece white embroidered flower motif". The soft apple green woven cotton cloth has white thread extra weft figuring motifs.
beetle wing sequin fragment
late 19th - early 20th century
A length of couched metal thread embroidery on net, with beetle wing sequins. This fragment of a possible border piece is in a repeated organic pattern. The gold metal thread is twisted around yellow...
fabric length
Labelled as "Yellow textile", this is a piece of yellow-gold slub silk in a diamond ikat pattern. This would be difficult to weave, as the colours yellow/gold and white (undyed) are difficult to disti...
shawl
Descibed as "Red shawl". This is a warp knitted polyamide fabric with laid-in ecru threads in a geometric pattern. There is a fringed silver Lurex type trim which has been attached by hand. This is ...
frieze hanging toran
before 1979
A Gujarati toran frieze hanging, with a heavily embroidered floral design in red, yellow, white and green chain stitch, with ten alternate repetitive thin and thick pennants and multi-coloured tassels...