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Description: | A rectangular silk textile, to be made into a shawl called a 'pha hom khit'. The red ground is patterned with bands of small-scale diamond and chevron motifs, worked in continuous supplementary weft, using white, orange, dark blue / black silk threads. The patterning ends at each end with a large diamond lattice pattern and a solid red band. This fabric is normally cut in half and joined along the selvedge to made a shawl, worn in the evenings by both sexes, especially by younger people who may be courting. It is not normally made for sale. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | Phutai silk (textile) tabby (textile) weft patterning stage of manufactures (clothing: outerwear) shawls | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-117413 |
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