Ikat (T48)

Catalogue Record

Collection

Maker

Mary Restieaux

Title

Ikat

Made in

London

Date

1980

Description

Woven silk wall hanging, with brightly coloured vertical stripes in purple, pink, yellow, green, and red.

Materials and techniques

Plain weave. A separate warp was made for each stripe and each one was dipped in different dyes. Woven on an eight-shaft countermarch loom.

Dimensions

length:  153cm
width:  65cm

Object number

T48

Category

  • Ikat, Mary Restieaux, 1980, Crafts Council Collection: T48. Photo: Heini Schneebeli.