Tapis (skirt), Medium: silk and cotton embroidery on silk foundation Technique: warp-faced plain weave with tied resist patterning in warp (ikat); discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade); and embroidery in split and surface satin stitches, Two panels are stitched together to form what was once a tubular sarong. Each panel is patterned with warp ikat in a geometric interlock pattern arranged in a grid of dyed and woven lines. Narrow woven orange stripes are embroidered with white silk, and wider bands are patterned with discontinuous supplementary wefts., Indonesia

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