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Skirt Cloth (kain bidak)

A work made of silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton and silver-leaf-on-adhesive-on-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and bands of weft resist dyed (weft ikat), plain weave.

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  • A work made of silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton and silver-leaf-on-adhesive-on-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and bands of weft resist dyed (weft ikat), plain weave.

Date:

Early 20th century

Artist:

Indonesia, South Sumatra, Pasemah or North Lampung area

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Skirt Cloth (kain bidak)

Place

Indonesia (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1901–1925

Medium

Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton and silver-leaf-on-adhesive-on-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and bands of weft resist dyed (weft ikat), plain weave

Dimensions

236 × 112 cm (92 7/8 × 44 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection

Reference Number

2002.984

Extended information about this artwork

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