2023 Antique Indian Trade Textile Fragment - Set of 4

Set of 4 fragments of an Indian Trade textile fro the Siam market

Depicts floral motifs print on a coarse cloth. 

Such patterns were seen on the end panels of textiles produced for the Thai market

Is quite likely stencil-printed in Gujarat

Collected on a field visit to Toraja 

Estimated to be from the early-mid 1800s

Each is almost half a meter in size

A: 43.5 cm x 45 cm

B: 43.5 cm x 43.45 cm

C: 41 cm x 37.5 cm

D: 43.5 cm x 41 cm 

For similar examples see

1) The Ashmolean Museum collection: Link

2) The Kelsey Museum collection in Ann Arbor: Link

3) 'Master Dyers to the World' by Mattiebelle Gittinger

Mount the set or frame  it and add it to your home-museum collection.

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IMPORTANT NOTE

This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily must be expected on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run, repairs and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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