EditorialShadow puppet from Java, Indonesia, 19th century. The colours and designs of Javanese shadow puppets are all clues to help identify the character. Here the figure, taken from an Indian version of the tale of the Ramayana, the reddish-pink colour of Kum...
EditorialShadow puppet from Java, Indonesia, 19th century. The colours and designs of Javanese shadow puppets are all clues to help identify the character. Here the figure, taken from an Indian version of the tale of the Ramayana, the reddish-pink colour of Kum...
EditorialWaistcoat, Medium: silk, cotton, linen Technique: cut supplementary warp pile on satin ground (velvet), Short waistcoat in reddish-pink satin with small, dark green cut velvet repeating buds in a heart-shaped framework. Printed cotton facing to fronts ...
EditorialFruit, William Morris, (British, 18341896), Jeffrey & Company, 18361930 London, England, Block printed on paper, Diagonal branches with pomegranates, other fruits and sparse flowers. Printed in shades of green, reddish pink, brown, light grey on navy o...
EditorialSquare, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed, Square printed in small, scattered reddish-pink floral pattern on a white ground. Floral border with two larger bouquets in two opposing corners. Carefully hemmed on all sides., France, early 19th centur...
EditorialA lady visiting a shrine. c.1750. A Hindu lady visits a Shaivite lingam shrine at night, approaching from the right. Her hair is tied in a bun, her scant robes are of reddish-pink tinged with gold. There is a mango grove beyond the wall of the shrine. ...
EditorialShadow puppet from Java, Indonesia, 19th century. The colours and designs of Javanese shadow puppets are all clues to help identify the character. Here the figure, taken from an Indian version of the tale of the Ramayana, the reddish-pink colour of Kum...