#58: silk ikat plaid
small strip of ikat kimono silk including selvedge. 2"x24". good condition. gift from mary stanley at art spirit. amazing precision placement into yarndyed grid. random red dyed threads. reversible.
6 entries categorized "ikat"
#40 indonesian ikat
large piece of ikat, with integrated contrast filling band woven border woven on the ends of the actual piece covering the surface completely. border pulls the piece in to a narrower width on the ends. hand woven. ikat show 3 different shades of indigo. 65" x 36". aquired during travel.
#30: silk jacquard
3" x 3.25", silk, densly woven jaquard, printed over yarndye to simulate ikat, floral weave motif, very fragile, from old swatch book, torn edge, with paper on back.
iridescent effect
#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.
#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.
#12: silk ikat with jacquard
3.5" x 2.5", silk, jaquard over ikat, random organic motif, multi color earthtone, stable with glue and paper on back,
from antique swatchbook, 1800s