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Re: A little help from our friends -- lopacki Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: Stefany Mail author
01/22/2015, 10:28:40

the threading with macrame or buttonhole stitch at the back looks Indonesian to me.
the beads resemble a classic old Venetian pattern, but they were so desired in Indonesia, etc. that they could easily be locally made lookalikes - or better described as "tributes". they have slightly cruder trail decoration than we are used to from Venice. Also i found in Sarawak in 2013 that yellow is a top popular colour there...



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