1894 Antique Indian Trade Textile Patola print Toraja Fragment TIBOR Acquired from an Italian collection

Acquired from an Italian collection several years ago

Handwoven in soft fine cotton

The field is filled with waves & ripples created by fine bunching up the base cloth with the running stitch

This is an old Jain Patrika

Probably the last of this quality that I shall see

1894 Antique Indian Trade Textile Patola print Toraja Fragment TIBOR Acquired from an Italian collectionRESERVED Fantastic little fragment of an Indian Trade textile with three colors. Depicts a Patola print on a fine thin cloth Collected on a field visit to Toraja, Sulawesi. This fragment has been saved from a fire therefore has burn marks present. Holes and stains. Edges not even. Faded from use in outdoor ceremonies. This fragment is one of several sections that have been saved from the same fire struck cloth. 41 x 22cm Comparison with other similar