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Ceremonial Trade Cloth (Patola)late 19th to early 20th century

Not on view
Horizontal woven textile with dense allover floral and plant motifs in red, cream, and teal on a near-black ground, bordered by wide burgundy-red stripes along the long edges
Woven textile with dense all-over pattern of repeating floral and diamond motifs in deep red, teal green, and white on a dark ground, with narrow striped borders at top and bottom.

Unknown, Ceremonial Trade Cloth (Patola), late 19th to early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Inger McCabe Elliott Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Ceremonial Trade Cloth (Patola)
Place Made
India for Indonesian Market
Date Made
late 19th to early 20th century
Medium
Silk double ikat
Dimensions
46 1/2 x 76 in. (118.11 x 193.04 cm); 76 x 45 5/16 in. (193.00 x 115.00 cm)
Credit Line
Inger McCabe Elliott Collection
Accession Number
M.91.184.585
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles