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Source Description
This fabric is woven in plain weave using a piña ground with vertical bands of closely spaced silk warp stripes arranged in a repeating pattern. The stripes run the full length of the cloth.
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123764
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Piña cloth
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123764
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Piña cloth
description
This fabric is woven in plain weave using a piña ground with vertical bands of closely spaced silk warp stripes arranged in a repeating pattern. The stripes run the full length of the cloth.
date
mid-1800s
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en
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Q79901139
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Textile
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Overall: 27.5 x 51 cm (10 13/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
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Philippines
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1944.28
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piña fiber, silk
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Piña cloth, mid-1800s. Philippines. Piña fiber, silk; overall: 27.5 x 51 cm (10 13/16 x 20 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Phyllis Ackerman, 1944.280
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Textiles
didYouKnow
Piña is made from the leaves of the pineapple plant, first brought to the Philippines by the Spanish in the sixteenth century.
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Gift of Dr. Phyllis Ackerman
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2026-05-29 06:22:34.103000
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123764
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piña fiber, silk
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