Head Scarf
Unknown artist
1801–1900
- Medium
- Silk; tye-dyed
- Dimensions
- 228.6 × 83.9 cm (90 × 33 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
silk (fiber)clothingdress (garment)weaving - printedcostumeTextile
About
This multicolored head scarf is an impressive example of the art of resist-dying made by tying off small sections of the textile. The stitch lines and folds form part of the design itself.
