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Trade Textile (Tapih Sarasa)1750-1800

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Long horizontal textile with a crimson-red ground, densely covered in allover flowering vine patterns in pink, blue, and green, with pointed triangular border panels at each short end
Rectangular textile with a deep red field densely covered in an allover flowering vine pattern in pink, blue, and green. Borders at each short end feature pointed cream and red triangular projections resembling stylized flames or leaves, flanked by narrow decorative bands.
Printed or painted cotton textile with deep red ground, densely covered in scrolling floral vines in blue, pink, and ivory. A vertical border of pointed ivory lancet shapes, each filled with small floral motifs, runs along the right side beside a narrow floral guard border.

Unknown, Trade Textile (Tapih Sarasa), 1750-1800, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Trade Textile (Tapih Sarasa)
Place Made
India, Coromandel Coast for South Sumatran market
Date Made
1750-1800
Medium
Mordant- and wax resist-dyed cotton
Dimensions
47 × 138 3/4 in. (119.38 × 352.43 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
AC1996.60.1
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.