2063 Antique Indian Trade Textile Toraja Fragment - Indigo flowers Hainan Now coming to the two

Now coming to the two important features of 1712 that make it extraordinary:

Note the structure of the stitches in the beadwork - these have all been laid at angles to each other - a technique that is no longer practiced

Erosion along the inner margins (one cover virtually detached)

Lovely work of art that will grace a lucky wall someday

2063 Antique Indian Trade Textile Toraja Fragment - Indigo flowers Hainan Now coming to the twoFantastic little fragment of an Indian Trade textile. Amazing Indigo blue &rose salmon flower. A large example with the same aesthetic quality with dozens of flowers is present in the Tapi collection. [reference: pages 6 & 7 of 'Masters of the Cloth'] Another similar example has been published on page 55 in 'Master Dyers to the World' by Mattiebelle Gittinger Collected on a field visit to Toraja, Sulawesi. This fragment has been saved from a fire