Episode 82

Cambodian Textiles: An Interview with Magali Berthon

Dr Magali Berthon

Cambodian ikat weaving, photo from Magali Berthon

Cambodian ikat weaving, photo from Magali Berthon

Scarf, Cambodia, early 20th century, Musee du Quai Branly 

Patched shorts, Cambodia, 20th century, on view in the exhibition “Remembering S-21 Victims through their Clothes: Textile Preservation at Tuol Sleng Museum”

Temple hanging, Cambodia, early 20th century, Asian Civilisations Museum

Slendang of ikat-dyed silk cloth, Cambodia, early 20th century, Yale University Art Gallery

Slendang of ikat-dyed silk cloth, Cambodia, early 20th century, Yale University Art Gallery

Tiraz textile fragment, Yemen, late 9th-early 10th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art