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Ship Cloth (palepai) (Indonesia)

This is a Ship cloth (palepai). It is dated 19th century and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is cotton, silk, metallic threads and its technique is plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade). It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited AU PANIER FLEURI FUND.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 82.2 x 168 cm (32 3/8 x 66 1/8 in.)

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Ship Cloth (palepai) (Indonesia); cotton, silk, metallic threads; H x W: 82.2 x 168 cm (32 3/8 x 66 1/8 in.); AU PANIER FLEURI FUND; 1957-73-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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