Khmer Pidan with Scenes from the Jataka Tales
1875–1900
- Medium
- Center panel: silk, weft ikat weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill weave; side panels: silk, stripes of weft-faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave and stripes of plain weave; lower edge tape: silk, plain weave with attached gold- and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-wrapped silk knotted cut fringe; center and side panels joined
- Dimensions
- 303.9 × 110.7 cm (119 3/4 × 43 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
ikat dyedtwill weavingsilk (textile)Textilepaper (fiber product)weavingplain weaving