EditorialCeremonial Skirt (tapis). Abung people; Indonesia, South Sumatra, northern Lampung area, Monggala. Date: 1801-1825. Dimensions: 110.5 x 113.7 cm (43 1/2 x 44 3/4 in.). Two panels joined: cotton and silk, stripes of warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; ...
EditorialRamie or China grass, Boehmeria nivea, Urtica nivea, Ortie blanche. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr. Gerard and Francois Herincqs La Regne Vegetal: Planets ...
EditorialTextile, Medium: hemp or ramie Technique: warp and weft ikat (kasuri) on plain weave, Length of indigo-dyed fabric, with a closely spaced design of swooping phoenixes and bunches of leaves and flowers, interspersed with small symbols in white on a deep...
EditorialKimono fragment, Medium: hemp or ramie Technique: resist dyed, and free brush coloring (yuzenzome), Delicate repeats widely spaced vertically of wisteria branch and some kind of kite or toy. In natural and soft shades of red, gold, and green on dark bl...
EditorialTextile, Medium: ramie Technique: stencil resist using rice paste, indigo-dyed, Long repeat of a bird, curving flower branch, cricket, butterfly and a fruited twig reserved in white on a dark blue ground., Japan, 19th century, printed, dyed & painted t...
EditorialKain, Medium: hemp, metallic threads, ramie Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Warp surfaced cloth (kain) with black stripes alternating with broad group of red and yellow stripes of various widths with a few black pencil stripes. Various stripes s...
EditorialPanel, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Date 18th century, Japan, Silk, ramie, metallic thread, Overall: 64 1/4 x 61 in. (163.2 x 154.9 cm), Textiles-Embroidered.
EditorialSummer Robe (Katabira) with Seasonal Landscapes and Scenes from The Tale of Genji, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Date second half of the18th century, Japan, Plain-weave ramie with paste resist-dyeing, silk-thread embroidery, and gold-thread couching, 7...
EditorialCover, Japan, 19th century, Japan, Grass cloth; ramie /dye-patterned, Each: 47 1/2 x 12 in. (120.65 x 30.48 cm), Textiles-Painted and Printed.
EditorialNoh costume (Hitatare), Japan, 19th century, Japan, Resist-dyed and painted plain-weave bast fiber, probably ramie, Jacket: 40 1/2 x 82 3/8 in. (102.9 x 209.2 cm), Trousers: 40 x 36 in. (101.6 x 91.4 cm), Costumes.
EditorialSummer Kimono, Japan, early 20th century, Japan, Ramie plain-weave crepe with geometric warp and weft kasuri (ikat) patterning, Overall: 62 1/2 x 49 1/2 in. (158.8 x 125.7 cm), Costumes.
EditorialGirl's Summer Kimono with Design of Sea Bream and Bamboo, Japan, Edo period (16151867, Date 19th century, Japan, Ikat-patterned plain-weave ramie, Overall: 39 x 37in. (99.1 x 94cm), Textiles-Costumes.
EditorialTrousers for kygen theatre, Japan, 19th century, Japan, Resist-dyed and painted plain-weave bast fiber, probably ramie, Greatest height 95 cm x greatest width 61 cm (37 x 24 in.), Textiles-Costumes.
EditorialPiece, Japan (Ryky Islands), Edo period (16151868), Date 18th century, Japan (Ryky Islands), Ramie or stem fiber, 52 x 24 1/2 in. (132.08 x 62.23 cm), Textiles-Painted and Printed.
EditorialRamie or China grass, Boehmeria nivea, Urtica nivea, Ortie blanche. Handcoloured steel engraving by Oudet after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr. Gerard and Francois Herincqs La Regne Vegetal: Planets ...
EditorialCeremonial Skirt (tapis). Abung people; Indonesia, South Sumatra, northern Lampung area, Monggala. Date: 1801-1825. Dimensions: 110.5 x 113.7 cm (43 1/2 x 44 3/4 in.). Two panels joined: cotton and silk, stripes of warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; ...
EditorialCeremonial Skirt (tapis). Abung people; Indonesia, South Sumatra, northern Lampung area, Monggala. Date: 1801-1825. Dimensions: 110.5 x 113.7 cm (43 1/2 x 44 3/4 in.). Two panels joined: cotton and silk, stripes of warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; ...
EditorialCeremonial Hanging (palepai), 19th century, Paminggir people, Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung area, Kalianda, Indonesia, Cotton, silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped bast fiber (probably ramie), plain weave with supplementary patt...
EditorialCeremonial Skirt (tapis). Abung people; Indonesia, South Sumatra, northern Lampung area, Monggala. Date: 1801-1825. Dimensions: 110.5 x 113.7 cm (43 1/2 x 44 3/4 in.). Two panels joined: cotton and silk, stripes of warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; ...