Rectangular tabby-woven sample decorated with a multicoloured silk warp ikat over a white cotton weft. The textile is seemingly from a larger cloth, as the patterns on both shorter sides appear to have been cut. The decoration consists of triangular and diamond-shaped motifs (surrounded by the typical toothed outlines) in red, blue, green, yellow, black, and white. At the centre appear to be 2 red buti-motifs with a central white dot. The panel is overall framed by a blue stripe, and a white cotton selvedge.
sample (textileworking: dyeing & printing); textile
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