sample (textileworking: dyeing & printing); textile

Almost square sample of warp ikat with silk warp and cream cotton weft showing yellow patterns on a red ground. The textile is seemingly from a larger cloth with a single green selvedge. It is displayed in a square cream card frame. The item was temporarily mislaid which is why the photograph is labelled 12158.

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