Notes on Dyeing and Weaving as Practised at Sitiawan in Perak
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A short 1902 article by L. Wray describing silk weaving by Malay women at Sitiawan in Perak, a method introduced from Kelantan. It explains how raw Chinese silk is degummed with ash lye, how warp bundles are tied with waxed thread and banana-stem strips on a bamboo frame, and how they are dyed in stages with lac, kadrang, turmeric and purchased blue and green dyes. It also describes a diamond-patterned sarong with gold-thread weft and the supplementary gold flower patterning added during weaving. A plate shows the tied warp on the frame and a silk sarong in the Perak Museum.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1902
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
- Archive notes
- Scanned from xerographic copy.
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