Textile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3295/47

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.

Batik Textile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3295/38

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 ...

Blouse

MOA: University of British Columbia

3295/11

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 ...

Textile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3295/41 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...

Belt

MOA: University of British Columbia

3295/50

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 piec...

Textile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3295/19

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.

Textile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3295/44

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 ...

Dress

MOA: University of British Columbia

3295/5

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.

Arm Band

MOA: University of British Columbia

3295/40 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, gre...

Textile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3295/24 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...