19th C. Double Ikat from Patan, India

19th C. Double IKAT silk sari from Patan, India. IKAT is the process of dying the material before weaving. Rare process that only a few places in rhe world has. Double means both warp and weft are predyed in definition to the pattern created during the weaving process.

Posted by Antique Textile Museum on Saturday, June 10, 2017