1885~, Mandalay

1885~, Mandalay

Identifier
IM.9-1909
Collection
Material
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Dimension
253 cm (length)
259.08 cm (length)
29.75 cm (width)
30.2768 cm (width)
Production time
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Type of object

Description

Yinzi (breast cloth) or tabet (stole) of silk acheik-luntaya ('100' shuttles interlocking) hand-woven tapestry weave. In the acheik section the weft threads are double or triple. In the end borders they are single. Organised into a central body of acheik (horizontal wave) patterns (Length 137.5 cm) and two checkered end borders (Length 57 and 58 cm). The acheik section consists of warp length bands. Three bands of approximately 6.5 cm with four divider bands and 2 plain outer borders. Worked with dark red, lighter red, yellow and gilt thread. The divider lines are in dark red and yellow 'twisted rope' wavy lines patterns. The wider panels are with double wavy lines in dark red punctuated by two rows of alternate yellow and gilt thread sprigs. White silk replaces the gilt thread at the end. The first border consists 10 weft bands divided by a single white weft - return of double white thread. Bands alternating in two different shades of red. Warp thread of cloth is in a lighter and darker red - darker thread being used as a divider device. The second border consists of 10 weft bands in a sequence of light red, dark red, light red, dark red, light red, yellow, dark red, light red, yellow and light red. Yinzi (breast cloth) or tabet (stole) of silk acheik-luntaya hand-woven tapestry weave, Mandalay, ca. 1885.