1983 Rare Museum Quality Antique Palepai Sumatran Textile with Double Ship design China Estimated to be from the

Estimated to be from the 1700s or earlier

Very popular in the West and the Eastern parts of India

Vintage Figurative Nakshi Kantha -Textile Art of Bengal - Courtesan Scene

Note the yellow bands in this shawl that make this textile exceptional within this category

Circa 1800

1983 Rare Museum Quality Antique Palepai Sumatran Textile with Double Ship design China Estimated to be from theRare Palepai Ship Cloth Weaving with Double Ship design Motifs of men, ships, dragons and more, laid out as two ships side by side. Palepai cloths are rarer than Tampans as these family heirlooms were handed down to the head of the household, while Tampans were created for every son's family unit. So within an extended family, there could be only 1 Palepai but the number of Tampans could run into dozens. Further, examples of weavings with double ships