Acheik (horizontal wave patterned) textile breast cloth (Yinzi) or stole (tabet) in silk luntaya ('100 shuttles' interlocking) tapestry weave. The pattern is of a multi-strand cable design alternating with bands of undulating floral, creepers and straight bands filled very closely with conventional flowers and leaf scrolls in red, pink, orange, yellow, light and dark greens, white and black on a red ground. The ends are finished in deep checkered bands in the colours of the main body. Acheik (horizontal wave patterned) textile breast cloth (Yinzi) or stole (tabet) in silk luntaya tapestry weave, Mandalay, ca. 1885 This is a detail of a silk garment, woven on a hand-loom in Mandalay Palace. The bands of undulating rope design, filled with floral and leaf patterns in a range of stunning colours on a red ground, exemplifies the renowned and uniquely Burmese textile known as acheik-luntaya. This garment would have been worn by a lady of the court either as a tabet (stole) or a yinzi (breast cloth), forming an ensemble when worn with a wrap skirt known in Burma as an hta-mein and jacket known as an ein-gyi. The garment dates from the reign of King Thibaw (r. 1878-1885), the last ruler of the Konbaung dynasty. It was found in the apartment of Queen Supayalat, the chief queen of King Thibaw, by the donor's husband, Colonel Pollard, who was a member of the British force that annexed upper Burma in 1885.