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ajrakh fabric
20th Century
Printed in red and blue with circle and star motifs on cotton fabric. Ajrakh printing is associated with Sindh province (Southern Pakistan), and Kutch region in Gujerat (India). Mud is used as ...
ajrakh fabric
20th century
Printed in red and blue with circle and star motifs on cotton fabric. Ajrakh printing is associated with Sindh province (Southern Pakistan), and Kutch region in Gujerat (India). Mud is used as ...
tie dyed fabric
20th century
On this piece of gauze cloth the coloured dots which make up the tie dyed pattern are in white (the original colour of the base fabric) and yellow on a red and black sectional background.
ajrakh
20th century
One of a pair of identical Ajrakh cloths, printed in red and blue with typical circle and star motifs on cotton fabric. The finer details of the design features geometrical shapes of 5 and 8 pointed s...
block print fabric
1986
The complex patterning on this fabric has been hand block printed. A patterned border surrounds the various central pattern motifs. Three separate rectangular patterned panels are printed on this le...
scarf
mid 20th-late 20th Century
A red, black and yellow tie dyed chiffon scarf, using the India technique of Bandhani. In the Bandhani technique small resist patterns are created by tying off small sections of fabric. In this sample...
shirt
20th century
This crepe cotton shirt has short sleeves and a round notched neckline. The pattern of geometric shapes made from circular dots of colour has been tie dyed. Parts are the white colour of the origina...
shirt
20th century
This crepe shirt has long sleeves and a round, collarless neck opening. The neckline is notches at the front and secured with two cloth buttons, one at the front and one at the back. The fabric has ...
fragment of Sind embroidery
20th century
A fragment of a border in cotton muslin with repeated embroidered boteh like floral motifs in red and green, within a three sided border of repeat flowers and black/yellow edges. It is cut on the rig...
fragment of Sind embroidery
20th century
A fragment of a border in cotton muslin with repeated embroidered boteh like floral motifs in red and green, with an upper border of repeat flowers and black/yellow edges. The bottom edge is missing, ...
shawl
c. 1986
This shawl was purchased in an Afghan refugee camp (possibly Katcha Gari) situated on the outskirts of Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, where it was also manufactured. It is ...
tie dyed fabric
20th century
A piece of gauze cloth which has been tie-dyed green, yellow and red. The resist forming ties used in the pattern forming process, preventing parts of the fabric taking up dye, have been left in place...