Wedding Cape (Isibheklane)
Ngwane
1901–1930
- Medium
- Seventeen layers of cotton and rayon, plain weaves; some fulled; plain weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; and plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; printed; beaded with cotton and glass beads; embellished with brass buttons and cotton and polyester cords
- Dimensions
- 79.6 × 92.2 cm (31 1/4 × 36 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
embellishedkwazulu natalrayonafricanngwanadrakensbergarts of AfricaAfrican Textilesneedlework (visual works)south africancostumeTextileplain weaving
