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Textile3295/47

Long woven table runner. Down the centre and running the length of the textile, a wide band of diamond designs in dark brown, light grey and white. Then, bands of pink, and then edged with thinner bands of grey-green. The edges are finished with embroidered diamond designs.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile3295/38

Long rectangular finely woven textile. The background is black, with dark blue lines creating a subtle diamond pattern with five white dots where the lines cross. The motif features large flowers of various shapes, long fern-like leaves, and repeating small stars in brown, white and yellow. Both ends have a small band in gold. Small tag attached top right, 'B.E. BUSANA EDI'. Small, partially illegible stamp top left. Three small sticker labels adhered to textile.

Culture
Javanese
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3295/11

Short top with long green sleeves, partially lined interior with brown fabric. The chest and cuffs are heavily decorated with applique, embroidery, Government of Pakistan coins (some pounded), semi-translucent white buttons, metal decorations, and beading. Four red and yellow beaded tassels hang in front - two at centre, two on the jacket's left. Small rectangular piece of blue and floral fabric is inside the garment at centre. The back is a solid burgundy.

Culture
Afghan ?
Material
silk fibre ?, metal and glass ?
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/41 a-c

Rectangular, beige textile (part a) with a wide band of embroidery on each end and short tassels. Evenly space along the edges, four on each side, are groups of five embroidered designs in red and blue. Faint bands of light beige lines run through the fabric horizontally. Textile fragment (part b), the end of a rectangular, beige textile with embroidery and short tassels. The embroidery design is a repeating m or w-shape in blue, which creates two triangles, from centre up to the sides. The v-shape is bordered by red embroidered flowers, and four red matching m or w-shape designs are at centre. A thin border runs across the bottom before the tassels. Textile (part c) has been reworked into a blouse front, and backed with blue fabric.

Culture
Turkish
Material
fibre
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3295/50

Belt composed of several sections of fabric. At centre, a section of bright green with floral pattern calico fabric, made of two pieces of fabric stitched together. This is bordered on each side by two sections of red textile, embroidered with various geometric designs and layered with small pieces of fabric. Each end has long, dark blue tassels.

Culture
“Unknown” ?
Material
cotton fibre ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/19

Square textile with hand stitched black embroidery on off-white fabric. The top edge is folded and loosely stitched with black thread. The embroidery design features repeating squares, which form together to create a large square bordered by floral-like designs.

Culture
Turkish
Material
cotton fibre ?
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/44

Finely woven textile composed of two rectangular pieces sewn together. Down the centre line extends a band of burgundy-purple with small flowers of various colours. On either side, a band of chevron-style zigzags in beige, yellow, dark green and dark purple. Six solid bands of dark blue-black or black with dotted lines of colourful stitching separating each design. The main body of the textile is solid brown. The textile is edged with a band of burgundy, and one edge has pink triangular stitching.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
dye and wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/5

Full-length dress with long sleeves. Fabric is black, with red embroidery covering the entire garment. Embroidery features rows and columns of repeating floral designs.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm Band3295/40 a-b

Two matching arm bands (parts a-b). The bands are composed of woven dark blue fabric. Circling each end are bands of red, blue and grey triangles, and bordered by finely plaited cords of beige, red and green. Front centre has embroidered squares and diamonds using finely plaited cord in blue, green, red and burgundy. Five flowers of beads (four white beads with red bead at centre), one in each corner and one in the centre. Back centre has two side-by-side embroidered triangles with three flowers of beads.

Culture
Georgian
Material
cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Georgia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/24 a-d

Four pieces of cotton garment with embroidery. Part a: small rectangle of burgundy fabric backed with light blue fabric; dark blue embroidery bordered by rows of lines and cross-stitching. Part b: small rectangle with a tab, dark blue embroidery bordered by rows of lines and cross-stitching. Part c: small rectangle of reddish-brown fabric backed with light blue fabric; dark blue and dark green embroidery. Part d: small rectangle with two tabs of reddish-brown fabric backed with light blue fabric; dark blue and dark green embroidery.

Culture
Indian
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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