1893 Antique Indian Trade Textile Toraja Fragment INSCRIPTION MOTIF Profusely embroidered with flowers and

Profusely embroidered with flowers and figures

Stunning Yao Paintings Each has a prominent Mandarin script character on the front

A simple example of an ikat design pile weaving that is seen only on a small group of dowry weavings of Ersari Beshir nomads in Turkmenistan

The base is probably layered handmade paper

Amazing work from the Debariya Rabari people

1893 Antique Indian Trade Textile Toraja Fragment INSCRIPTION MOTIF Profusely embroidered with flowers andFantastic little fragment of an Indian Trade textile with a single color. Depicts a flower (probably hibiscus) and leaves Collected on a field visit to Toraja, Sulawesi. This fragment has been saved from a fire therefore has burn marks present. Holes and stains. Edges not even. This fragment is one of several sections that have been saved from the same fire struck cloth. 25. 5 x 21 cm Comparison with other similar examples suggests that this is pre