Kain Lawon Sutra Motif Intari (Diamond)
Product Description
A lawon is a presentation scarf, the usual configuration being a rectangular field usually of green or another color against a red ground with borders of undyed silk to the top and bottom. In rare instances parts of the lawon are painted with gold in the prada technique or decorated with appliqué silk. Lawons are also sometimes seen with central fields of diamond shape.
The rectangular and diamond lawons are executed in the technique of tritik or sew-and-dye, where needle and thread are used to secure sections to be kept away from the dye-bath.
The largest color field maybe bound up with banana leaf. The color fields are then separated by a simple line of dotted tritik in the base color, off white. The cloths occur mainly in reds and contrasting green on fine silk, echoing a woman's head covers from Gujerat.
Tie-dyed fabrics have no individual spiritual significance as do some other ikat textiles found in Indonesia. But as a group, the pelangi or rainbow, represents a link between heaven and earth. As for the lawons, they too are associated with heaven, earth and water, the standard aesthetic parameters for any society.
It is generally thought that lawons were worn by married women and used during important ceremonial occasions such as weddings and given as part of the bridal dowry. The use of sumptuous imported Chinese silk also indicates that these textiles were symbols of power and prestige worn by the nobility.
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Material: Silk
Origin: Sumatra
Date: c. Late 19th to early 20th
Condition: Very Fine
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The rectangular and diamond lawons are executed in the technique of tritik or sew-and-dye, where needle and thread are used to secure sections to be kept away from the dye-bath.
The largest color field maybe bound up with banana leaf. The color fields are then separated by a simple line of dotted tritik in the base color, off white. The cloths occur mainly in reds and contrasting green on fine silk, echoing a woman's head covers from Gujerat.
Tie-dyed fabrics have no individual spiritual significance as do some other ikat textiles found in Indonesia. But as a group, the pelangi or rainbow, represents a link between heaven and earth. As for the lawons, they too are associated with heaven, earth and water, the standard aesthetic parameters for any society.
It is generally thought that lawons were worn by married women and used during important ceremonial occasions such as weddings and given as part of the bridal dowry. The use of sumptuous imported Chinese silk also indicates that these textiles were symbols of power and prestige worn by the nobility.
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Material: Silk
Origin: Sumatra
Date: c. Late 19th to early 20th
Condition: Very Fine
All images on this website © IndoArts