Textiles Asia Journal

The two latest issues contain:

January 2026

Tracing a Peculiar Journey
of “Zinmae” and “Bangauk” Silk Hip Wrappers,
a Thailand–Burma Textile Connection
By Thweep (AKE) Rittinaphakorn

A Green Dragon Robe
By John E. Vollmer

Early Mughal Velvets
By Anna Jolly

Text vs. Textile—How Two Queens Tell Us
Who They Were by What They Wore
By Cornelia Bagg Srey

Book Review
Artisans by Design
By Judy Frater
Reviewed by Dale Carolyn Gluckman


May 2026

A Golden Encounter:
The Mystery Veil That Led to Assam’s Silks
By Karthika Audinet

Yuzen / Tsutsugaki—Japanese Freehand
Paste-Resist Textiles, 1700–1920
By David Paly

Exhibition Review
Nusantara: Six Centuries of Indonesian Textiles
By Chris Buckley

Between Reality and Representation. Asian
Textiles in Early Modern Portuguese Painting
By Maria João Ferreira

Book Review
Pashmina Jewels: The Khanuja Family
Collection of Kashmir Shawls
By Frank Ames
Reviewed by Joan Hart, Ph.D.

Waist Wrapper (Jarit), Margorejo, Kerek, Java, Pre-1980. Cotton, natural (indigo) and synthetic (naphthol) dyes, 105 x 35 1/2 in. (266.7 x 90.2 cm). Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of Rens Heringa, 2022.51.12. From “Textiles from the Rens Heringa Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery” by Arielle Winnik, September 2024.

Detail, Shoulder Cloth (Sayut), Kerek Java, c. 1980s. Cotton, hand-drawn ink, 129 x 21 3/4 in. (327.7 x 55.2 cm). Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of Rens Heringa, 2022.51.81. From “Textiles from the Rens Heringa Collection
at the Yale University Art Gallery” by Arielle Winnik, September 2024.

Detail Sarung (sewn). Indramayu. Hand-drawn wax resist, vat-dyed on plain-weave cotton.108 x 99.5 cm (circumference: 199 cm). Bureau of the Royal Household, Inv. #20. Photo: QSMT 2018. The color scheme of blue and blue-black on this finely worked batik identifies it as coming from the Indramayu area. Thorny seaweed, suggesting the centipede and its protection against misfortune, along with peonies and phoenixes, fill the vertical bars framing the triangles. In the main field the large flowers have a distinct Indo-Persian flavor, obviously inspired by Indian chintz, while the peonies and phoenixes were adapted from Chinese sources. From: “West Javanese Batik in an Important Royal Thai Collection” by Judi Achjadi, May 2019. This article was drawn from the author’s contributions to the exhibition catalogue for for “A Royal Treasure: Javanese Batik from the Collection of King Chulalongkorn of Siam,” by Dale Carolyn Gluckman and Sarttarat Muddin, eds, QSMT, Bangkok, 2018.

A red silk dress hand woven with brocade (supplementary weft) technique in the village of Khoma in northeast Bhutan. From: “Textiles of Bhutan: Artistic Heritage and Vibrant Tradition” by Françoise Pommaret, PhD, September 2018. Photograph courtesy of Françoise Pommaret. weaving

The September 2025 Textiles Asia Journal contains:

Enduring Traditions: Celebrating the World of Textiles
by Lee Talbot.

In Search of Samite: a Fieldtrip Amongst Dai Weavers in Yunnan by Christopher Buckley and Sandra Sardjono

Carpets and Collections of the Swiss Alpine Area
by Thomas Murray

Exhibition Review: Textiles from Bengal: a Shared Legacy
by Rosemary Crill

100 Years of the Oey Soe Tjoen Batik Dynasty
by Rudolf Smend

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