ANCIENT TEXTILESASIAN TEXTILES The William Siegal Gallery has a significant collection of mounted, historic Indonesian Kain Lawons from Palembang, Sumatra. A Lawon is a presentation silk scarf for a married woman. The tritik process of resist dyeing with its use of needle and thread to secure sections to be kept away from the dye-bath, is not to be confused with the similar plangi or pelangi (literally rainbow) process of tie-dye, where areas of cloth are bound off with dye-resistant fibers. As wall pieces, these large ceremonial silk scarves make a modern minimalist statement reminiscent of Rothko paintings. ASIAN TEXTILES         BORO FUTONJI Cotton rag fragments Japan Mid 20th Century MOSEN TEXTILE felt wool Mongolia 19th Century BALINESE PELANGI CLOTH silk West Lombok, Bali Early 20th Century KAIN LAWON silk Sumatra Late 19th - Early 20th C KAIN LAWON silk Sumatra Late 19th - Early 20th C KAIN LAWON silk Sumatra Late 19th - Early 20th C KAIN LAWON silk Sumatra Late 19th - Early 20th C KAIN LAWON silk Sumatra Late 19th - Early 20th C KAIN LAWON silk Sumatra Late 19th - Early 20th C KAIN LAWON silk Sumatra Late 19th - Early 20th C KAIN LAWON silk Sumatra Late 19th - Early 20th C back to Ancient Objects & Textiles