Burmese silk pah-soe. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). ca. 1850. Acheik-luntaya patterns in various colours.
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| - Burmese silk pah-soe. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). ca. 1850. Acheik-luntaya patterns in various colours. (en)
- Formed of two identical lengths (each W. 61 cm.) handstitched along one side (ie. selvage to selvage). The main body of each length is made up of over 3 pattern repeats of weft acheik (horizontal wave) patterns with checkered end borders in vivid colours of coral, lime, red, white, yellow, blue and navy. (en)
- This beautifully patterned, voluminously wrapped and draped silk skirt, is known as a
<i>pah-soe</i>. Dating to before 1855, it was worn by fashionable Burmese gentlemen during festive occasions. Typical of a formal <i>pah-soe</i>, it is woven in vivid colours and displays the unique Burmese pattern called '100 shuttles' in an interlocking tapestry weave known as <i>acheik-luntaya</i>. It would have formed part of an ensemble, with an <i>ein-gyi</i> (jacket). (en)
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| - Burmese silk pah-soe. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). ca. 1850. Acheik-luntaya patterns in various colours. (en)
- Formed of two identical lengths (each W. 61 cm.) handstitched along one side (ie. selvage to selvage). The main body of each length is made up of over 3 pattern repeats of weft acheik (horizontal wave) patterns with checkered end borders in vivid colours of coral, lime, red, white, yellow, blue and navy. (en)
- This beautifully patterned, voluminously wrapped and draped silk skirt, is known as a
<i>pah-soe</i>. Dating to before 1855, it was worn by fashionable Burmese gentlemen during festive occasions. Typical of a formal <i>pah-soe</i>, it is woven in vivid colours and displays the unique Burmese pattern called '100 shuttles' in an interlocking tapestry weave known as <i>acheik-luntaya</i>. It would have formed part of an ensemble, with an <i>ein-gyi</i> (jacket). (en)
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