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dress
Punjabi girl's dress of orange loose plain weave cotton, with long sleeves.
scarf
mid 20th-late 20th Century
A red, black and yellow tie dyed chiffon scarf, using the India technique of Bandhani. In the Bandhani technique small resist patterns are created by tying off small sections of fabric. In this sample...
decorative panel
early 21st Century
A white cotton with a silver supplementary thread. One corner is elaborately decorated with gold coloured metal thread satin stitch embroidery and plastic sequins in a winged motif with heart and flo...
cushion cover
1986
A cushion cover with a geometric design produced by discharge printing. The discharge printing process begins with the dyeing of the whole of the fabric then a paste applied with a printing block to ...
ajrakh fabric
20th Century
Printed in red and blue with circle and star motifs on cotton fabric. Ajrakh printing is associated with Sindh province (Southern Pakistan), and Kutch region in Gujerat (India). Mud is used as ...
cushion cover
1986
A cushion cover with a geometric design produced by discharge printing. The discharge printing process begins with the dyeing of the whole of the fabric then a paste applied with a printing block to ...
cushion cover
1986
A cushion cover with a geometric design produced by discharge printing. The discharge printing process begins with the dyeing of the whole of the fabric then a paste applied with a printing block to ...
cushion cover
1986
A cushion cover with a geometric design produced by discharge printing. The discharge printing process begins with the dyeing of the whole of the fabric then a paste applied with a printing block to ...
cushion cover
1986
A cushion cover with a geometric design produced by discharge printing. The discharge printing process begins with the dyeing of the whole of the fabric then a paste applied with a printing block to ...
cushion cover
1986
A cushion cover with an abstracted floral design produced by discharge printing. The discharge printing process begins with the dyeing of the whole of the fabric then a paste applied with a printing ...
cushion cover
1986
A cushion cover with a geometric design produced by discharge printing. The discharge printing process begins with the dyeing of the whole of the fabric then a paste applied with a printing block to ...
bedspread
1986
A wide decorative border with a complex pattern runs along all four edges of the piece of fabric. The decoration in the central panel consists of a repeating foliate pattern. It is hand block printe...
bedspread
1986
A wide decorative border with a complex pattern of arched geometric shapes runs along all four edges of this hand block printed fabric. The decoration in the central panel consists of a repeating fol...
shawl
c. 1986
This shawl was purchased in an Afghan refugee camp (possibly Katcha Gari) situated on the outskirts of Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, where it was also manufactured. It is ...
shawl
20th century
This hand embroidered shawl fabric was collected in Pakistan, in the Swat valley. The embroidered border consists of a pattern of floral and foliate motifs.
shawl
20th century
The main pattern on this shawl is of leaves and flowers on a green metallic coloured background. This patterned area is bordered on all sides by a contrasting pattern of flowers.
hat
20th century
The crown of the hat is circular, with a strip of fabric around the outside to form a roughly cylindrical shape. A decoratively scalloped notch has been cut from the side. It is intricately embroide...
hat
20th century
The crown of the hat is circular, with a strip of fabric around the outside to form a roughly cylindrical shape. A decoratively scalloped notch has been cut from the side. The entire surface of the ...
shirt
20th century
This crepe cotton shirt has short sleeves and a round notched neckline. The pattern of geometric shapes made from circular dots of colour has been tie dyed. Parts are the white colour of the origina...
shirt
20th century
This crepe shirt has long sleeves and a round, collarless neck opening. The neckline is notches at the front and secured with two cloth buttons, one at the front and one at the back. The fabric has ...
tie dyed fabric
20th century
A piece of gauze cloth which has been tie-dyed green, yellow and red. The resist forming ties used in the pattern forming process, preventing parts of the fabric taking up dye, have been left in place...
tie dyed fabric
20th century
On this piece of gauze cloth the coloured dots which make up the tie dyed pattern are in white (the original colour of the base fabric) and yellow on a red and black sectional background.
block print fabric
20th century
The complex patterning on this fabric has been hand block printed. A patterned border surrounds the various central pattern motifs.
block print fabric
20th century
The complex patterning on this fabric has been hand block printed. A patterned border surrounds the various central pattern motifs.