{"product_id":"traditional-textiles-bali-006","title":"Protective Designs on Silk","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe motif on this beautiful all natural dyed \u003cem\u003esongket\u003c\/em\u003e is called \u003cem\u003eteteledan\u003c\/em\u003e which is a pattern that is found in the \u003cem\u003egeringsing\u003c\/em\u003e double ikat textiles of Tenganan. \u003cem\u003eGeringsing\u003c\/em\u003e, however, literally means \"against sickness\". The textiles are considered magically protective. While this motif is reserved for the double ikat in Tenganan it was also woven into \u003cem\u003esongket\u003c\/em\u003e cloths by the royal courts in the Karangasem kingdom in the 19th century. Tenganan village is within this old kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSongket is a supplementary weft technique, the motif being created in the base weave during weaving. The pattern is defined by 400 extra heddles. Each of these lifts only those warp threads under which the supplementary weft must pass at a given point in the design. As weaving progresses, the pattern heddle in use changes and the design develops. Paired \u003cem\u003esongket\u003c\/em\u003e are worn by both sexes as wedding attire or during tooth filing rituals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIda Ayu Punari is the foremost authority on Balinese traditional textiles and is also a natural dyer who oversees all of the dye process on the songket cloths. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInformation about the makers will be supplied with each cloth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSupplementary weft patterning, two panels sewn together, silk threads used as base with cotton threads as patterning, natural dyes. Made in Bali, 2020. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSize 184 x 102 cm \/ 72.5 x 40 in\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"threadsoflifebali","offers":[{"title":"silk \/ Bali","offer_id":42574811529472,"sku":"T02.BL.SD.XXXX.281","price":920.0,"currency_code":"IDR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/0091\/9808\/products\/songket.t02.bl_.sd_.xxxx_.281.1-1.jpg?v=1647282018","url":"https:\/\/threadsoflife.com\/products\/traditional-textiles-bali-006","provider":"Threads of Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}