From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: South Asia

Sash from Rahul Jain’s Workshop

Post author By GW Museum
Post date May 7, 2021

Rahul Jain (India, b. 1963), Sash (patka) (detail), Delhi, 1993. Silk, metallic-wrapped threads; compound weave, plain weave, twill weave, complementary-weft patterning; 259 x 71 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1994.10.1. The Ruth Lincoln Fisher Memorial Fund.

All South Asia

Sash from India

Post author By GW Museum
Post date October 30, 2020

Sash (patka) (detail); India, Kashmir; 1700-1725. Goat hair, double interlocked twill tapestry weave, 224 x 55 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 6.24. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1928.

All Europe South Asia

Fichu from India

Post author By GW Museum
Post date June 19, 2020

Woman’s fichu, made in India for the European export market, 18th century. Cotton plain weave with silk and metallic-thread embroidery; 46 x 121 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-3083.