Tuesday 29 June 2010

Updates on our website today – vintage Yoruba textiles

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C19th indigo cotton and magenta silk

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Very rare C19th woman’s wrapper cloth

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Unique design, mid-C20th wrapper

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Natural beige wild silk

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Circa 1900 mixed strip hand spun cotton & indigo

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Sunday 6 June 2010

Wearing African Textiles – part one of an occasional series

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Vintage postcard, circa 1920s – “Costume, S. Vincente, Cabo Verde.” Vintage indigo dyed textile, pano cha, circa 1920-50, Cabo Verde.

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