Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs

TIBET
Ritual Cloth
18 th Century
Small triangles of Chinese silk damask
pieced into squares and arranged in a
5 x 5 grid. Yellow and blue damask borders.
34 x 33 cm 13½ x 13 in
Silk was often used in these geometric ritual
cloths because of its value. Small patchwork cloths
were used to wrap sacred objects. This piece shows
incense staining due to ritual use.
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