COSTUMES
India: Gujarat, Mehsana, Patan
Hindu; Salvi caste
Sari fragment, patolu -- phul bhat pattern (woman's)
19th century
Plain weave; Resist dyed, double ikat
Silk; Vegetable dye (madder)
18 1/2 x 17 in. (47 x 43 cm)
Elizabeth Bayley Willis Collection
TC 58.2-35

Phul bhat (field of flowers design) is a stepped rectangular arrangement of rows of baskets containing a single flower enclosed by diamonds alternating with baskets of three flowers contained by hexagons. These patterns were often exported to Java and Bali. -- Label copy from Courtyard, Bazaar, Temple: Traditions of Textile Expression in India, Bellevue Art Museum, June 12 to July 25, 1982.