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-1024; incoming receipt RX23940, Jan. 22, 2003; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002.

Woman's Ceremonial Skirt (Tapis)

Abung

19th century

Accession Number

180403

Medium

Two panels joined: cotton and silk, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton, cotton, gilt-metal coils, gilt-metal wire wrapped cotton ,gilt-metal-strip wrapped cotton and gilt-metal spangles in running stitches; laidwork, couching, and padded couching

Dimensions

114.5 × 122 cm (45 × 48 in.)

Classification

needlework (visual works)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of E. M. Bakwin Indonesian Textile Collection