IKAT FABRIC
In the ikat technique, yarns are tie-dyed according to the design before they are woven into cloth. Ikat fabrics with striking chevron (V-shaped) patterns were popular in the Muslim courts of the Deccan plateau in south India. The added strips of gilded silver contribute to this fabric's elegant appearance for courtly use.
Silk (warp ikat) with gilded silver strip
Probably Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh/Telangana, about 1800
Given by Mr and Mrs Praful Shah
V&A: 15.4-1999 [03/10/2015-10/01/2016]