Name: Vintage Tay Silk Internal Panels from Vietnam | 53" x 12.5"
Brand: The Niger Bend
SKU: ca5ae1fb-6a9a-4ca3-96cf-e180a9f1e9e5
Price: 205 GBP
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Vintage Tay Silk Internal Panels from Vietnam | 53" x 12.5"

From the mountains of Northern Vietnam, resides the Tay ethnicity. Some may refer to them as "White Tay". The people of this ethnicity are typically known for their technical embroidery and handwoven blankets, used by the people for warmth during the rainy season of Vietnam. Where temperatures can get well below freezing. Their textiles can be most commonly recognized by their diverse range of colors from dyes that they produce from surrounding plants and trees in the environment. A few examples are betel, mango, and coffee leaves. 
What makes this quilt so impressive is that the textile is woven from silk. A single cocoon of silk from the silk worm will create a thread roughly 2000 feet long. However, it takes over 4,000 cocoons to create a single pound of silk. The silk worm is only alive for roughly 1 week before it begins its transformation into a moth. Silk worms are only active from the late spring to early fall months due to their intolerance to heat and cold. Thus it is an outstanding effort on behalf of the community to create such a wonderful textile. 
This textile features a stunning central woven panel consisting of two bands roughly 13" each. Many blankets in their full form will have a boarder around the central panel to increase its size. Sometimes the boarder may be removed before selling, or replaced with a newer boarder when the previous gets old. The approximate age is over 50 years.
This quilt measures 53" x 12.5"

D.R. Spetka first lived in Africa for a year before officially opening The Niger Bend in 1982.During the first 20 years of that time, D.R. Spetka traveled extensively in West Africa. However, since the early 2000’s, he decided to expand his traveling to East Africa and Southeast Asia.

Almost everything we have ever bought to sell we have bought ourselves from producers and their representatives in Africa and Asia. We abide by Fair Trade principles and work closely with people in many countries to obtain the best products and crafts to promote the well-being of those people.

DR. Spetka has devoted his life to this effort and has helped many individuals in these countries immigrate to the United States. “I love the people in Africa and Asia with whom I work; I love their art; I love all the places I go to find what I buy. I have become fully integrated into the lives of the people I work with.”

The Niger Bend is devoted the highest quality decor products from around the world.

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