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Textiles of India
Due to the death of Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, Textile Arts is suspending all textile sales until 2013.
Mary's death announcement and a few select obituaries may be viewed through this link.
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18035
Heirloom Textile
Gujarat
16th - 17th century
479 x 94 cm
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22635
Sarassa Fragment, South India
exported to Sulawesi, Indonesia
15th - 16th century
64 x 74 cm matted
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19398
Heirloom Textile Fragment
Gujarat export
Carbon dated 1382-1502
59 x 60 cm matted |
22832
Pha Yok
Gujarat export
356 x 113 cm
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20984
Heirloom textile
Gujarat, India
Collected in Sulawesi
17th century
394 x 89 cm |
17958
Ma'a Heirloom Cloth
collected in Sulawesi
15th century?
178 x 152 cm mounted
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The Textiles of India
Textile Arts specializes in Indian textiles made for export, particularly for Southeast Asia. These textiles were an essential part of the spice trade. They were brought from India first by the Indians and Arab traders and later by the Europeans to trade for pepper and nutmeg. Once in Southeast Asia they became important ceremonial objects and with time were venerated with auspicious powers. Going back almost 600 years these export textiles include the richly painted and dyed cottons and the intricate silk double ikats that have made Indian textiles renowned throughout the world.
Prices vary greatly according to age (14th - 19th century) and rarity. Some are
complete lengths of cloth or large canopies and others are the surviving
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