"Panung" Skirt of red woven ribbed silk taffeta with side borders of green and violet
- Title
- "Panung" Skirt of red woven ribbed silk taffeta with side borders of green and violet
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Description
- "Panung" Skirt of red woven ribbed silk taffeta with side borders of green and violet; the center is covered with an all-over gold diaper pattern and is surrounded by various borders throughout the entire textile; borders are filled with metallic gold brocade in conventionalized floral, vine, and shrub designs that alternate between thinner bands of geometric patterns. The textile is wrapped around the body with excess fabric folded into pleats at front and held in place with a belt. This panung would have been worn by royalty.
- Provenance
- Department purchase. Purchased in Bangkok.
- Motif
- Ornate plant designs Geometric Diaper patterns
- Work Type
- sarongs
- Location
- Thailand
- Date
- 1801/1900
- Identifier
- 1933.004.001
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Metallic Threads
- Technique
- Brocade Hand-woven
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
