Textile / cotton / portion

Painted textile fragment of coarse cotton fibre with coloured designs of birds, steps and anthropomorphic beings in four shades of brown-pink, possibly a fake antiquity produced for the tourist market: South America, probably Peru

Textile / cotton

Cotton woven in split tapestry technique, the colours are faded: South America, Peru, Paracas Necropolis style, c. 300 B.C. - 200 A.D.

Textile / cotton / sample

Sample of cotton or calico, printed in red with a small repeat design in black and white of circles with lines between, blurred in imitation ikat, circles with dots at centre, segments between with black and white flowers at centre: probably British, c. 1856