Hand Woven Laotian Silk and Cotton Textile With Birds

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1980: item #325059
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This beautiful textile is in a traditional Laotian style and was hand woven in the “Khet” process in which the warp yarns are cotton thread and the weft yarns are raw silk. The design is executed in a colorful geometric weave with stylized birds and diagonal bands in teals, burgundies, yellow, pink and off white against a black background. All natural dyes have been used. This type of weaving is very time consuming and is becoming quite scarce today as Laotian weavers move to the city to fin... Click for details

Hand Woven Laotian Silk and Cotton Textile, Natural Dye

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1970: item #325018
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DESCRIPTION: This beautiful textile was hand woven in the “Khet” process in which the warp yarns are cotton thread and the weft yarns are raw silk. Jok weaving is very time consuming and is becoming quite scarce today as Laotian weavers move to the city to find more profitable employment. The design is executed in four rows of dynamic black and white repeating geometric patterns with accents of reds and greens. This textile would have originally been worn as a skirt wrap, and would be gorgeo... Click for details

Hand Woven Indonesian Cotton Ikat, Natural Dyes

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1970: item #324227
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DESCRIPTION: Textile lovers know that Indonesia possesses a great diversity of traditional textiles, their variety and technical virtuosity almost unsurpassed. Each of Indonesia’s more than 350 ethnic and linguistic groups had their own distinctive textile traditions. This cotton ikat from the Island of Java was probably produced by a small, family-owned group of weavers, and required cultivating cotton, spinning, dying and the use of a hand loom to create. This piece would have been crafted... Click for details

Endenese Ikat

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1980: item #163999
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Men’s sarong from Ende, Flores, Nusa Tengara, Indonesia. Endenese ikat are considered some of the finest in Indonesia. This item is 20-30 years old made with mostly natural dyes on hand woven cotton. The alternating ikat and solid bands on this cloth is really quite subtle and lovely. Excellent condition. Dimensions:165cm/51in and 120cm/47.2in.

Khami Shawl 2#

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1970: item #117292
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Used also as a baby carrier this is part of a Khami woman’s traditional dress called a “htip paum”. Of the many I examined I chose this and the other one listed for their unusual pictorial patterns. The Khami are linguistically related to the Chin but are low land rice farmers and live in the Delta region of the Kaladan River in western Burma. Please note that the pattern is hand embroidered on one side only and not woven in. This piece is aprox 30 years or older and is excellent condition. The ... Click for details

Khami Shawl 1#

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1970: item #117291
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Used also as a baby carrier this is part of a Khami woman’s traditional dress called a “htip paum”. Of the many I examined I chose this and the other one listed for their unusual pictorial patterns. The Khami are linguistically related to the Chin but are low land rice farmers and live in the Delta region of the Kaladan River in western Burma. This piece is aprox 30 years or older and is excellent condition. Also please note that the pattern is hand embroidered on one side only and not woven in... Click for details

Naga Blanket 3#

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1970: item #117290
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I examined at least 100 blankets from the Naga people of Burma on a recent buying trip and this was the best of the lot. It is over 30 years old, has an exceptionally tight weave, yet is very supple indicating an older production, and is embroidered with silk thread (the only one I saw like this). Excellent condition. Dimensions 1.68m/5.5ft x 1.03m/3.5ft.