1980 Large Antique Indian Trade Cloth Printed Textile Toraja Fragment TOERINGS Floral printed backing

Floral printed backing

Estimated to be from the early 1800s

The variety of motifs is interesting and in most cases

Palepai cloths are rarer than Tampans as these family heirlooms were handed down to the head of the household

Note the details and the aesthetic attention paid to every minor element

1980 Large Antique Indian Trade Cloth Printed Textile Toraja Fragment TOERINGS Floral printed backingA gorgeous fragment of an Indian Trade textile. Partial flowers and complete diamonds present will make a superb framed artwork. Amazing blue & red! Collected on a field visit to Toraja, Sulawesi. This fragment has been saved from a fire therefore has burn marks present. Holes and stains. Edges not even. This fragment is one of several sections that have been saved from the same fire struck cloth. 58 x 27 cm Comparison with other similar examples