Tags | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 15 objects tagged tie-dye.

Irregular vertical stripe with tie-dye effect, in purple and tobacco brown on off-white ribbed cotton. Fabric woven in Switzerland and dyed in Kenya.

Textile, Chan Chan, 1964
cotton.
Cowtan and Tout Larsen Archive Collection, Gift of Longhouse Reserve.
2016-32-5

This object was made by Jack Lenor Larsen Incorporated.
This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Square bandana with a dyed yellow ground and pattern in resisted white ground, with red, blue and green added by block or brush. Square in center with cross and four half-circles; border of tangent diamonds.

Bandana (India), 20th century
cotton.
Gift of Penelope McCain.
1986-40-33

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Twelve concentric circles in red, orange and pink arranged in rows.

Sidewall, Tie-Dye, 1958
hand-dyed and folded japanese paper.
Gift of Barbara White.
2000-64-1

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Large-scale roses and rose buds. Printed in bright pink and green on white paper.

Sidewall, Roses, 1959–65
hand-folded and dyed japanese paper.
Gift of Barbara White.
2000-64-12

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

White sheer polyester square with a grid of nine silver circles, slightly crimped from the shibori process.

Scarf, Reflecting Well, ca. 2003
polyester and aluminum.
Gift of Masako Dempo Yuki.
2004-23-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A woman's ceremonial skirt in tubular form made from woven raffia. Patterned by tied resist dying in ocher, red, and dark brown. The main body has four rows of red and ochre lozenges, there is an open-work section in the upper quarter. The upper edge is finished with an edging, and the bottom with a knotted fringe.

Skirt (Ivory Coast), late 19th–early 20th century
raffia.
Museum purchase through gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Balamuth, Mr. and Mrs.....
1990-133-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Rectangular rug made of wool which is felted, then patterned with tied resist dyeing, leaving large and small dots of yellow in a deep red-orange ground. Touches of green applied by brush. A mosen is a type of rug used in Japanese tea ceremonies.

Mosen (China), late 19th century
wool.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2005-2-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Fragment from large mantle with woven stepped sections meeting joined by warp interlocking and stitching in the weft direction. Each individual piece is patterned by tied-resist dying, creating patterns of small and large diamonds. In yellow on green, white on red, and white and rust on dark brown grounds.

Fragment (Peru), ca. 600
wool.
1960-33-5

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Long, narrow rectangle of wool sprang, tie-dyed with large red rings on a black ground.

Headdress (Tunisia), early 20th century
wool.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2007-8-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Woman's wrapper with a large-scale design of two columns of squares, each criss-crossed by diagonal lines. Field of small white circles. In white on a deep blue ground.

Wrapper (Nigeria), early 20th century
cotton.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1959-36-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

Wrapper with a grid of large Xs on a field of small circles. Design created through tied- and stitched-resist patterning methods, in white on a deep blue ground.

Wrapper (Nigeria), 1950s
cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Mary Kirby.
1962-117-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Sample of tied- and stitched-resist patterns, indigo-dyed and partially opened.

Textile (Ghana), ca. 1960
cotton.
Gift of the Estate of Mary Kirby.
1962-117-4

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Sheer cotton fabric tie-dyed in plaid pattern. The fabric is rolled, with the entire roll tightly wound and tied with cotton string for the resist binding. Only one end has been untied.

Turban Fabric (India), 1973
cotton.
1973-79-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Dyed silk hanging with an abstract design, the shapes of which were defined by running stitches pulled tightly to gather the fabric and isolate areas to be dyed. In purple and brilliant red, with touches of green and yellow.

Hanging, Red Royal, 1976
silk, synthetic lining.
Gift of Jack Lenor Larsen.
1985-56-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

This object has not been digitized yet.

Textile, 2014
cotton.
Gift of Barbara Shapiro.
2014-50-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.