Asian Textiles: Indian Textiles

Floor Covering with Bouquets and Vines (detail)
Gujarat, India, Second half of 18th century

Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 13
February 18, 2025 (Tue) - May 25, 2025 (Sun)

Various textiles and techniques were spread across Asia from India, such as cotton cloth, splashed-pattern dyeing, tie-dyeing and brocades with metal threads. In particular, chintz, which was cotton cloth dyed with floral patterns or legendary images using woodblock printing or hand-drawing, fascinated people around the world and was a major export from the 16th to the 19th century.

Major Work(s) on Exhibit 4 results

	Designation	Name	Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance	Period	Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number	CMT
Highlight		Floor Covering with Bouquets and Vines	Gujarat, India	Second half of the 18th century	TI-477
Highlight		Chintz with Medallions and Buddhist Deities	South India, Made for export to Thailand	18th century	TI-591
Highlight		Reversible Chintz with Geometric and "Tambal" ("Patch") Patterns	Coromandel Coast, India, Made for export to Indonesia (Discovered in Lampung, Sumatra)	18th century	TI-521
Highlight		Cloth (Patola) with Linked Diamonds and Flowers	Gujarat, India	19th–20th century	TI-508

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