EditorialFragment, Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave; block printed using mordants and immersion dyeing, Poppy-like plants arranged in staggered rows on a red with white dotted background., India, 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment.
EditorialFukusa (Gift Cover). Japan. Date: 1890-1900. Dimensions: 76.8 x 66.1 cm (30 1/4 x 26 in.). Patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); dye extracted though a discharge dyeing technique and chemical dye stripper (bassen) and painted with India ink (sumi...
EditorialThe Farehouse restaurant inside Taylors Mill, a former fabric dyeing and bleaching mill, in Taylors, S.C., Dec. 2, 2021. (Travis Dove/The New York Times)
EditorialFurisode, 19th century, Japanese, Possibly beni-dyed light red (orange) silk, figured satin weave, embroidered and couched in silvered and gilt metallic thread (wound around a white silk fiber core). Needlework in satin stitch in shades of green, dark ...
EditorialScrapbook, Medium: silk, metallic, wool Technique: various weave structures., Scrapbook, assembled in New York, containing 1,545 swatches of textiles and ribbons. Some examples were purchased in shops in New York and Paris, others appear to come direct...
EditorialHead cloth (kain kepala), Medium: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave, A square scarf or headcloth (kain kepala) with design in brown, blue, and white on black ground. Much use of small white dots. Conventionalized bird and anima...
EditorialSarong, Medium: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave, Batik sarong in red, blue, yellow, and cream color. Shows an all-over 'banji' motif (swastika variation) with butterflies around a large-scale floral pattern ('buketan' motif),...
EditorialSquare, Medium: silk Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave, Silk square in black, dark blue, brown, and cream-white. Shows four 'wayang' figures facing diagonally toward center, one of which has a different pattern on his sarong. Outer bo...