Collection Online
Wall hanging
Medium
silk (ikat), cotton, cotton (thread)
Measurements
202.3 × 111.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
Uzbekistan
Accession Number
2012.356
Department
Asian Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Vivien Knowles, 2012
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
This pieced hanging is made from lightly quilted silk. The central panel is decorated with large pendant jewellery forms, surrounded by fabric with a zigzag pattern forming stepped triangles, every second of which contains a smaller jewellery motif. Mainly in purple, red and yellow dyes, the decoration was created using the ikat technique in which warp threads are bound to resist coloured dyes, a process repeated for successive colours, prior to weaving.