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Ceremonial Trade Textile (patola)first quarter of the 20th century

Not on view
Woven textile hanging vertically, deep crimson red ground with allover diamond grid pattern in ivory, brown, and red, with geometric border bands and fringe at top and bottom edges

Unknown, Ceremonial Trade Textile (patola), first quarter of the 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Earllene Weiss, photo @ Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Ceremonial Trade Textile (patola)
Place Made
India, Gujarat, Patan (for Indonesian market)
Date Made
first quarter of the 20th century
Medium
Silk, resist-dyed warp and weft (double ikat), plain weave
Dimensions
90 x 34 1/2 in. including fringe (228.6 x 87.63 cm); 34 1/2 x 90 in. (87.63 x 228.60 cm) without fringe
Credit Line
Gift of Earllene Weiss
Accession Number
M.89.146
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Heringa, Rens and Veldhuisen, Harmen. Fabric of Enchantment: Batik from the North Coast of Java. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Weatherhill, Inc., 1996.