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#37: space dyed dot

4.75" x 3", front and back, cotton jacquard stripe. dot motif, space dyed supplementary yarn in ribbon style stripe, chambray ground, good condition, some glue on back. from swatch book, france.

#36 cotton jacquard

4" x 2", all cotton jacquard with dot (button) motif and supplementary fill floral, horizontal stripe layout, cream warp with black fill fill, good condition , from old swatch book

#35: figured batik

19" x 64"
cotton
figured batik, black/ochre
indonesia
good condition
travel find

#34: printed cotton sateen

7" x 6"
cotton sateen
paisly floral on "tea stain" ground, lightweight sateen
a bit fragile, tears easily
some paint spots on surface
thrifted, from old curtain

#29: ikat scrap

7.5" x 5" without fringe, cotton, warp faced ikat  with indigo filling which oddly is hardly visible, good condition, cut from larger piece. twisted fringe, source unknown.

#27: chintz botanical print

4" x 4", cotton with chintz finish, botanical illustration style print, glazed on one side, good condition, cut from damaged apron, thrift shop,

#25: lace discharge print

2.5"x 2.5", cotton, dischage print on very fine cotton, reversible lace motif, very good condition, hand me down from grandma.

#23: vintage patchwork quilt top fragment

approximately 5" x 5", cotton, hand pieced, fan block motif, stable but yellowed, family heirloom fragment, 1930.

#19: vintage blue print

details to be updated

#17: gerinsing cloth

8.5" x 25", cotton, double ikat gauze, brown, perfect condition, some weaving defect, indonesia

gerinsing cloth of tenganan ...produced by the double ikat method - a technique in which resist patterns are applied to both the warp and the weft before weaving, so the final pattern appears only upon completion.

as the story goes..."one evening, seated on a medicinal selegui shrub, bhatara indra was reveling in the radiance of the moonlight and the beauty of the stars. these resolved themselves into images and patterns which, from that time onward, were destined to become the sacred raiments of the balinese." ( from BALINESE TEXTILES, Periplus Editions, 1991)
The god indra then taught the girls and women the art of making double ikat cloths. these fabrics are used in ceremony and are wrapped around the body to actively shield a human being from threats during rites of passage, when a person undergoes a critical transition from one phase of life to the next.