Early 20th century
A long length of cloth with black red yellow and brown stripes. The black and red stripes are embellished with small applied mica squares rosettes made from metal threads and abstract geometric shapes.
TRC 2020.2131
Embroidered cloth
Textile Research Centre
Cotton mica metal
Hand woven and embroidered (couching with paired threads satin stitch running stitch split stitch and chain stitch) applied mica squares