Dye-Patterned Silk, 17th century, India, Silk (clamp resist, dyed), Mount (a): 96 x 44 in. (243.8 x 111.8 cm), Textiles-Printed, This multicolored Indian silk made its way to China, where it was used to line the embroidered Chinese coverlet with the dragon center. The pattern was produced by clamp-resist dying—an ingenious technique for producing polychrome textiles
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Dye-Patterned Silk, 17th century, India, Silk, clamp resist, dyed, Mount, 96 x 44, 243.8 111.8 cm, Textiles-Printed, multicolored, Indian silk, way, China, line, embroidered Chinese coverlet, dragon center, pattern, produced, clamp-resist dying—, ingenious, technique, producing, polychrome, textiles
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