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2009.135.227

Pleated resist dyed skirt. [FB 12/09/2012]

2009.135.227

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pleated resist dyed skirt. [FB 12/09/2012]
Long description
Pleated resist dyed skirt. The skirt is made in three sections. The skirt has a plain cotton waistband which is 90 mm wide. On what would be the back of the skirt is a length of indigo dyed cotton that has been calandered to a shiny surface hand stitched to the waistband with white cotton yarn. The central section of the skirt is 230 mm wide and is made from indigo dyed cotton which has been pleated. A section at the back of the skirt has been calandered to a shiny surface and stitched with a row of green woollen yarn. The hem of the skirt is made from white cotton stitched to the central panel of the skirt with a row of red and green yarn. The hem of the skirt has been decorated with a geometric resist dyed pattern in blue. The waistband of the skirt has been hand stitched together at either end with white cotton yarn. [FB 12/09/2012]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
South East Guizhou Province Near Congjiang Biasha Village
Cultural groups
Hmong
Person
Field collector Deryn O'Connor
PRM source Deryn O'Connor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 06/10/1996
Date collected
6 October 1996
Acquisition information
Donated: 2006
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Stitched, Process Appliqué, Process Resist Dyed, Process Beaten
Dimensions
Width: max 360 mm approx, Length: max 450 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2009.135.227 Other numbers: 188
Research and responses

Calandering makes the indigo dyed cloth shiny and is prized by the Miao. It is done by folding the material and beating it with a wooden mallet on a flay stone. [FB 01/06/2012]

See Miao Costumes from Guizhou Province South West China by Deryn O' Connor. Catalogue of an exhibition at James Hockney Gallery, WSCAD, Farnham. [FB 24/07/2012]

Associated publications
Miao Costumes from Guizhou Province South West China by Deryn O' Connor. Catalogue of an exhibition at James Hockney Gallery, WSCAD, Farnham. [FB 08/05/2012]

Search terms: Textile, Clothing, Skirt

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