1870~, Mandalay

1870~, Mandalay

Identificador
T.244-1917
Adquisición
Given by Mr T.B. Clarke-Thornhill, Esq.
Colección
Material
Técnica
Motivos
Dimensión
380 cm (length)
375.92 cm (length)
58.5 cm (width)
32.385 cm (width)
Siglo
Lugar de producción
Tipo de objeto

Description

Part of a pah-soe (man's skirt) tapestry woven in luntaya silk, possibly made in Mandalay, ca. 1870 Part of a pah-soe (man's skirt) woven in luntaya silk, or '100' shuttles, interlocking tapestry weave. The cloth is made up of five repeats of various weft acheik (horizontal wave) patterns with checkered end borders in pinks, blues, yellows and greens on a ground of dark pink shading to lilac and to dark blue. This length would have formed half a pah-soe.