Yao Embroidered Indigo-Dyed Apron, Mid 20th C.

Yao Embroidered Indigo-Dyed Cotton Pants, Laos, Mid 20th C. Size: 36'' x 40'' (91 x 102 cm).

Yao Embroidered Apron, China, Mid 20th Century. Apron of silk embroidered tabby cotton cloth gathered at waist with tie of supplementary warp float band. Main field has three borders of pieces tabby c

Yao Embroidered, Indigo-Dyed Robe, China, Early 20th C. Open front robe jacket with short front ties, long back with embroidery and supplementary weft inlay of contrasting yellow silk over indigo cott

Miao Indigo-Dyed Embroidered Jacket, Mid 20th C.Miao People, Southeastern Guizhou Province, Congjiang County, Xiajiang, China. Cotton cloth, silk; embroidery. Size: 24'' x 58'', (61 x 147 cm). Provena

Miao Indigo-Dyed Embroidered Pants, Mid 20th C.Miao People, Southeastern Guizhou Province, Congjiang County, Xiajiang, China. Cotton cloth, silk; embroidery. Size: 34.25'' x 19'', (87 x 48 cm). Proven

Miao Indigo-Dyed Jacket, China, 20th C. Short, open front jacket of tabby cotton cloth, heavily coated with indigo. Embroidered applique decoration at collar, sleeves, back and front. From the collect

Geija Embroidered Baby Carrier, China, Mid/Late 20th C. Baby carrier finely embroidered in pink, green, beige, and purple on indigo dyed cotton cloth. Geija People, Eastern Guizhou Province, Huangping

Miao Embroidered Apron, China, Mid 20th C. Apron with overall decoration of narrow folds of pieced cloth in contrasting colors enclosing small areas of embroidery. Three rectangular lappets with penda

Yao Embroidered Jacket, China, Mid 20th Century. Calf length open front jacket of tabby woven cotton cloth with embroidery on collar, cuffs, hem and upper back. Appliqued strips of red wool twill and

Closed, gathered skirt of hand woven, indigo-dyed cotton tabby with a wide waistban,. applied bands of embroidery and batik alternate with appliqued squares formed of double triangles of varied hand a

Miao Woman's Embroidered Apron, Anshun, China, Mid 20th C. Cotton ground with silk thread embroidery. From the collection of David Kenny, formerly of the Trocadero in Washington, D.C. Size: 28'' x 33'

Tulis Batik Indigo-Dyed Sarong, Indonesia, Mid 20th C. Hand drawn tulis batik on handspun and handwoven cotton, dyed with indigo in a pattern of fine white lines forming a geometric grid against an in

Yi Embroidered Apron, China, Early-Mid 20th C. Rectangular panel with embroidery in silk along edges and hem, glass beads sewn to base of hem, metal plaques sewn above embroidered hem section. Cotton,

Dong Indigo-Dyed Jacket, China, Mid 20th C. Mid-length, short-sleeved indigo-dyed man's jacket with front tie closure and side slits, ribbon with cross-stitch embroidery along sides at front and appli

Benin Indigo-Dyed Hunter's Tunic, Early-Mid 20th C. Smock-like robe worn by hunters and other senior men in the forested central and northern regions of the Benin Republic. Hand-tailored from indigo h

Yi Pleated Indigo-Dyed Skirt, China, Early-Mid 20th C. A full cotton skirt made in three sections, a coarse gray cloth at the top, a wider section of indigo dyed cloth and a full, pleated lower sectio

Fine Embroidered Yao Jacket, China, Mid 20th C. Cotton, silk; embroidery. Size: 24'' x 52'', (61 x 132 cm). Provenance: Ex. Roger Hollander collection.

2 Chinese Minority/Miao Indigo-Dyed Batik Pleated Skirts, China, Mid 20th C. Closed skirts constructed from cloth bands: waistband of cotton tabby, first gathered band of machine woven blue cotton clo

Yao Embroidered Head Cloth, China, Early-Mid 20th C. Rectangular head ornament of cotton tabby cloth with additional borders of tabby cloth trim on edges. Embroidery in silk over central field, applie

Miao Indigo-Dyed Baby Carrier, China, Early-Mid 20th C. Baby carrier made of indigo dyed and calendared hand woven cotton fabric decorated with hand stitched silk embroidery in a pattern of water whir

Yao Embroidered Head Cloth, China, Early-Mid 20th C. Rectangular head ornament of cotton tabby cloth with additional borders of tabby cloth trim on edges. Embroidery in silk over central field, applie

Akha Woman's Jacket, Thailand/Burma, Early-Mid 20th C. Indigo-dyed cotton embellished with applique, embroidery, beads and buttons. Size: 2'1'' x 4' (64 x 122 cm).

Miao Stencil Resist Indigo-Dyed Cotton Batik, South China, Mid 20th C. Note the movement in the stylized abstract dragons. Size: 7'8'' x 4'10'' (234 x 147 cm).

Miao Indigo-Dyed Embroidered Jacket, China, 20th C.Woman's open front, knee length jacket of cotton cloth, bronzed with indigo, with embroidery and applique of folded silk at collar, shoulders and sle