Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (tapis)

Provenance

E.M. (Pete) Bakwin, Chicago, IL, by Jan. 22, 2002 [E.M. Bakwin Collection of Indonesian Textiles, inventory EMB-1512; incoming receipt RX23940, Jan. 22, 2003; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002.

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (tapis)

Paminggir

18th century (?)

Accession Number

180293

Medium

Five panels joined: three panels of stripes of silk and cotton, warp resist dyed (warp ikat) plain weave (paired warps), stripes of warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and one stripe of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, double running, stem and surface satin stitches and two panels of cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, stem and surface satin stitches

Dimensions

138.6 × 121.8 cm (54 1/2 × 47 7/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection