Colour and patterns
Colour is the most immediately visible stylistic element. The two-colour or polychrome process depends on the number of dye baths which follow the preparation of reserves. Formerly exclusively natural, dyes today are often synthetic. The choice of colour is associated with symbolism of the colours and this aspect is equally referred to here.
Some original patterns come from reserve-dyeing processes and are revealed by playing with the colours.
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indigo
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parrot green
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red
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colour symbolism
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ochre and brown
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multicoloured
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paint highlights
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dotted spiral
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circular pattern
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figurative dotted lines
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irregular line design
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sewing on pleats
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geometric representation, sowing
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figurative
circular pattern
Man’s belt, thigma skerags India, Jammu and Kashmir, Zanskar, Zanskar-pa, 20th century 70.2006.5.2
Twisted yarn (yarn finer and more twisted at the ends gives a different aspect). Worn every day. Fabrics from Zanskar, at more than 3,400 metres of altitude, are different in the treatment of patterns and shades than those of other regions of Ladakh. 2/2 snambu twill, dyed after reserve by knot tying on a small pinched cone. The process, superimposing a red and blue cross, is repeated twice. Three vegetable dye baths.
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