GreenHeart Foundation Market Catalog

Research conducted by The GreenHeart Foundation

Market Research Catalog of

Bhutanese & Laotian textiles

Covers Comprehensive Sales History and Exhibitions

Report SummariesBhutanese Textile Market

The majority of Bhutanese textiles on the market predominantly exhibit traditional and ceremonial aesthetics. Though chiefly collected for

perservation in galleries, vendors on consumer-to-consumer corporations like eBay and Etsy also carry Bhutanese textiles.

The Laotian textile market is much more versatile than the Bhutanese textile market. Laotian textiles are chiefly sold in the forms of

clothing and interior decoration. Both contemporary and traditional Laotian textiles occupy the market, wherein contemporary pieces are

generally priced below $100 and traditional pieces priced above.

Laotian Textile Market

Bhutanese TextilesConsumer-to-Consumer Corporation Listings

Handwoven Bhutanese Ngosham Kira Price: $1,072 (sold)Description: A handwoven Bhutanese Ngosham Kira in cotton and silk. A mid 20th Century piece that would take about a year to complete (145x260cm/57x102 inches).Vendor: Nonsuchart.com

Old Handwoven Kira Kushutara Buddhist Symbols BhutanPrice: $1400Description: 20 or 30 years old;.Fine cotton & silk with Bud-dhist symbols. Rectangular kira piece held at the shoulders with a silver clip. Belted at the waist with a Kera(sash). 53” x 98” long.

Antique Coarse 19th Century Heavy Kush-utara Kira BhutanPrice: $2500Description: Woven in heavy cotton with stripes & double dorjes in silk thread & with motifs. 59”; 4lbs 10oz, or 2.5kg.Vendor: potalaworld on eBay

Bhutanese Textiles Consumer-to-Consumer Corporation Listings

Rare Vintage Handwoven Gho RobePrice: $250 (sold)Description: Made of intricately woven fabric and lined in tie dyed cotton. Believed to be 50 to 75 years old.Vendor: VintageArcana on Etsy

Bhutanese Embroidered Ties (2 in stock)Price: $29.95Description: New,. 13 in. x 56 in, handmade, embroided with Bhutanese designs.

Antique Handwoven Khushitara Cotten Dress (1950)Price: $120Description: Finely woven heavy cotton handwoven dress with motifs. 46 in. x 88 in.Vendor: potalaworld on eBay

Antique Silk Textile from BhutanPrice: $593.14Description: Has double vadjra symbols. Fine work. Heavy silk. 235 x 130 cmVendor: homicidalpsychojunglcat on eBay

Bhutanese Textiles

Museums That Have Exhibited Bhutanese

Textiles

Shops Selling Bhutanese Textiles in Bhutan

Bhutan Textile MuseumThimphu, Bhutan

Textile MuseumWashington D.C.

Peabody Essex MuseumSalem, Massachusetts

Bank of Thailand MuseumBangkok, Thailand

Gagyel Lhundrup Weaving CentreThimphu, Bhutan

Rural Handicrafts Sales CentreTrashigang, Bhutan

Handicrafts EmporiumThimphu, Bhutan

Kelzang HandicraftsThimphu, Bhutan

Sonam HandicraftsJakar, Bhutan

Choki HandicraftsThimphu, Bhutan

Druktrin Rural HandicraftsThimphu, Bhutan

Chencho HandicraftsParo, Bhutan

Druk HandicraftThimphu, Bhutan

Bumthang Handicraft ShopJakar, Bhutan

Bhimraj StoresPhuentsholing, Bhutan

Exhibitors and Other Vendors

Laotian TextilesClothing: Contemporary

Fair Trade Berry ScarfPrice: $69Description: Hand-crafted by artisans in Laos. Subtle checkered design. Uses organic berry dyes. 100% silk. 20 in. x 71 in.Vendor: Gianna Fair Trade

Fair Trade Diamond Scarf Price: $129.00Description: Fair trade. 100% hand-loomed silk. 24 in. x 78 in.Vendor: Gianna Fair Trade

Fair Trade Rice-flower ScarfPrice: $75Description: An ancient and classic design crafted from motifs found on monastery wall hangings. 100% silk. 24 in. x 78 in.

Fair Trade Scarf Golden CompassPrice: $75Description: Naturally-dyed, artisan-crafted piece. 100% silk. 20 in. x 71 in.Vendor: Gianna Fair Trade Silk

Fair Trade Scarf Lock and KeyPrice: $55.00Description: Dyed with indigo plants. Crafted over 2-3 weeks by an experienced craftswoman. 100% silk. 20 in. x 71 in.Vendor: Gianna Fair Trade Silk

Fair Trade Tamnak ScarfPrice: $40Description: Three checkered “stripes” on each end are woven using technique called supple-mentary weaving. All dyes are natural and derived from organic plants near a village.

Fair Trade Angel’s Touch Ikat ScarfPrice: $40Description: Dyed with mud from the Mekong River. 100% silk.Vendor: Gianna Fair Trade Silk

Fair Trade Tribal Sun ScarfPrice: $38Description: Women weavers craft each piece after the silk threads have been dyed using ancient ikat techniques. Uses natural ebony dyes. 100% organic silk.

Fair Trade Mekong Silk ScarfPrice: $49Description: A minimalist design of parallel lines makes its way across each end of the scarf, topped by a row of small indig-enous Lao “diamonds.”


Fair Trade Goddess ScarfPrice: $40Description: Alternating rough and smooth sections of this 100% silk scarf are derived from different parts of the silk moth’s cocoon.Vendor: Gianna Fair Trade Silk

Jacquared ScarvesPrice: $98Description: 100% silk. Hand woven. fair trade. 28x180 cm.Vendor: Carol Cassidy

Butterflies and Diagonal StripesPrice: $145Description: Comes with a photo of the weaver modeling her scarf, dyer, designer, and designer’s daughter in front of their textiles. 13 in. x 72 in.Vendor: hilltribeart.com


Waffle ScarvesPrice: $100Description: 100% silk jacquard scarves.

Rainbow Border ScarvesPrice: $110Description: 100% silk.

Farm ScarvesPrice: $75Description: 100% hand woven silk. Mixes color pigments to create a unique palette with low im-pact dyes.Vendor: Carol Cassidy

Rainbow Pleated ScarfPrice: $110Description: None.Vendor: Carol Cassidy


Diamonds of Flowers ScarfPrice: $140Description: Handwoven. Lo-cally raised, hand reeled silk. Naturally dyed by Phut. 8.5 in. x 72 in.

Modern Shaman Cloth Style ShawlPrice: $220Description: Modern interpre-tation of a shaman cloth using traditional design elements. Naturally-dyed. Handwoven. Pattern include a siho (mythical elephant-lion) with an ancestor spirit on its back, hong (mythi-cal) birds, and flower designs.Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Riverbank Organic Silk ScarfPrice: $119Description: Hand-reeled organic silk. Naturally dyed and handwoven in Northeast Laos by village weavers supported by a Lao weaving social enterprise. 12 in. x 86 in.


Hint-of-Japan Organic Silk Scarf Price: $69Description: Hand-reeled or-ganic silk. Naturally dyed using a double mudmee (ikat) technique of tie-dyeing the yarns before weaving. Handwoven in Laos by master weavers at a training cen-tre for Lao weavers and natural dyers. 12 in. x 63 in.

Spring Blossoms Cherry Blossom Or-ganic Silk ScarfPrice: $69Description: Hand-reeled or-ganic silk. Naturally dyed using a double mudmee (ikat) technique of tie-dyeing the yarns before weaving. Handwoven in Laos by master weavers at a training cen-tre for Lao weavers and natural dyers. 14 in. x 63 in.

Elegant Organic Silk Scarf – FawnPrice: $59Description: Hand-reeled or-ganic silk. Naturally dyed and handwoven in Northeast Laos by village weavers supported by a Lao weaving social enterprise. 14 in. x 63 in.

Dream Net Organic Silk ScarfPrice: $79Description: Hand-reeled organic silk. Naturally dyed and handwoven in Northeast Laos by master weavers at a Lao social enterprise. Has a subtle texture in its plain weave while its hand-knotted ends pay tribute to the fish-net-making traditions still practiced throughout Laos. 12 in. x 67 in.


Handwoven Silk Pha (Women’s Shoulder Cloth) BiangPrice: $55 Description: Weaver has used two weft threads, one to cre-ate the background and one to create the design. The additional (supplemental) weft thread may extend the entire width of the textile or it may cover only a part of it. 80 in. x 16 in. 100% Silk.Vendor: Artfire .com

Fair Trade Checker-board Scarf Price: $45Description: Loosely woven deep-black silk squares are mixed with a fine white weave in a lightweight silk. 100% organic silk. 20 in. x 71 in.

Fair Trade Dotty ScarfPrice: $69Description: Blends an earth-tone palette of 100% organic silk into a unique pattern. 20 in. x 71 in.


Boat ScarvesPrice: $65Description: 100% silk naga boat scarves handmade in Laos. 70 in. x 15 in.

Fern Frond ShawlPrice: $145Description: Made from locally raised, hand-reeled silk and locally grown, handspun, indi-go-dyed cotton. Has natural colored cotton as a base, with cotton being used as the supplemental weft creating the fern frond patterning. Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Silk Shaman ClothPrice: $365Description: Has natural silk colored naga (mythological river serpents), with bright red and orange plus muted yellow, turquoise, navy, and grey accents.Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Laotian TextilesClothing: Traditional

Raw Silk Woven Bro-cade Infinity Scarf Price: $72Description: Handmade in Laos.

Blue and Black Siho ShawlPrice: $295Description: Handwoven, natu-rally dyed. Has traditional mo-tifs.Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Antique Lao Pha Chet Handwoven Silk Tex-tile Ikat ShawlPrice: $175Description: Handwoven silk ikat. 22 in. x 50 in.

Laotian TextilesClothing: Traditional

Silk Ceremonial BlanketPrice: $725Description: Handwoven from locally raised, reeled silk, natu-rally dyed by Phut.Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Flower Hmong BlanketPrice: $250Description: The side strips on this blanket contain strips of braid, ribbon, and thick yarn that are machine stitched onto predominantly black commercial fabric to make additional color-ful designs on a skirt. 75 in. x 54 inc.Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Laotian Jok Silk Fab-ric Thai Laos Siam Em-broidered Art Scarf ShawlPrice: $149.95Description: 31 in. x 94 in.Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Siho and Ancestor Spirit TextilePrice: $665Description: Covered with siho with ancestor spirits on their backs, naga, and hong birds (mythological bird who’s belly is the rainbow). Handwoven from hand-reeled, locally-raised silk-worms. The fringe is silkworms cut to resemble flowers. Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Silk Shaman Cloth or Ceremonial Wedding BlanketPrice: $500Description: Patterns include crested naga, diamonds of flow-ers, and center diamonds with crested giant spirits. Has supple-mental weft designs. 68 in. x 31.5 in.Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Laotian TextilesInterior Decoration

Silk Shaman Cloth or Ceremonial Wedding BlanketPrice: $495Description: Woven in three “panels” of naga and giant spirit. Its tassels are “flowers” made from silk worm cocoons trimmed to resemble a flower petal and turned inside out for placement with long silk “sta-men.” 72.5 in. x 31 in.Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Silk Shaman Cloth or Ceremonial Wedding BlanketPrice: $525Description: Patterns include crested naga, diamonds of flow-ers, and center diamonds with crested giant spirits. 70.5 in x 32 in.Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Product: Silk Shaman Cloth or Ceremonial Wedding BlanketPrice: $475Description: Esher-esque in design, with two-headed siho interlocked throughout. The siho are unusual in their design with one head and two feet on the “ground”, and then, with a flip in the middle, two feed and the other head in the “air”. 70.5 in. x 30.5 in.Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Cotton Handspun Throw Price: $120Description: Cotton throw with village-raise, hand-spun weft with a natural colors and blue indigo dye. The two colors are woven to create a reversible blanket with a zigzag pattern. 82 in. x 29.5 in.Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Handspun ThrowPrice: $95Description: This is a large, thick cotton throw, with a village-raise, hand-spun cotton weft in both natural color and an earthy rust natural dye. Vendor: hilltribeart.com

Silk Red & Green Blanket CenterPrice: $135Description: Woven with a thick silk weft on a polycotton warp. Designs include 8-pointed stars and flowers to monkeys and a 4-legged creature. 24 in. x 47 in.Vendor: hilltribeart.com


Lao Chok Wall-HangingPrice: $259Description: Created by a vil-lage weaver in Northeast Laos, whose signature is attached on a small piece of paper. Silk. Natu-rally dyed and handwoven 18.5 in. x 86.6 in.

Lao Mudmee Wall Hanging or ShawlPrice: $225Description: Multicoloured "mudmee" (ikat) design repeated on both ends. Hand-reeled organic silk. Naturally dyed and handwoven. Pattern appears on both ends, with a solid block pattern in the middle of the hanging/shawl. 18.5 x 71 in.

Hand-woven Laos Silk Table Runner (sold)Price: $71.14

Hand-woven Laos Silk Organza Table Runner (sold)Price: $51.74

Hand-woven Laos Silk Organza Table Runner (sold)Price: $29.56

Hand-woven 100% Silk Bed-Runners/Wall Hangings Price: $291.03


100% Laotian Silk TextilePrice: $129.35

Hmong Cot Quilt/Wall HangingPrice: $80.84

Lotus and diamond pillow covers Price: $98Description: Handmade in Laos. 23 in. x 23 in.


BartholomewCollections

Village life wall hangingPrice: $5000Description: Silk. 75 in. x 24.5 in.

Temple-HangingPrice: $1300Description: Black background. Standing Buddha. 18 in. x 52 in.

Wall-Hanging Price: $3000Description: Full of details. Gold background. 28 in. x 93 in.

Temple Wall-HangingPrice: $1300 Description: Standing Bud-dha on elephant. Light-gray-blue background. 19” by 55”.

Temple Wall-HangingPrice: $4000Desciption: 111 in. x 29 in. Extra long.

Temple Wall-hang-ing with Standing BuddhaPrice: $1300Description: Red background. 69 in. x 19 in.

Wall-HangingPrice: $2000Description: Black background, geometric design. 18 in. x 120 in.

Wall-HangingPrice: $2000Description: Black back-ground. Geometric design. 19 in x 109 in.

Temple Wall-Hanging with Standing BuddhasPrice: $3000Description: Maroon back-ground. Design center motif.

Wall-Hanging Owl DesignPrice: $1200Description: Black backing. Bird on one side. black ground. 18 in x 59 in.

Wall-Hanging with Village Life ScenePrice: $1100 Description: Light gold back-ground. 43.5 in. x 19 in.

30.5 by 85”. intricate detail. Plum, olive. Shawl, geometric design, $1500

Wallhanging Mating Elephants Price: $1300; Description: black background. 27 in. x 84 in.

Siho DesignPrice: $2200 Description: Pale blue with some pink and yellow. 28 in. x 79 in.

Shawl with Mating Nagas Price: $1500Description: maroon border. Maroon background. 29 in. x 80 in.

Wall-Hanging/ShawlPrice: $2000Description: Black back-ground. 21 in. x 104 in.

Royal SashPrice: $2000Description: Super fine brocade. 19 in. x 75 in.

Wall-HangingPrice: $2000Description: Frog-man and fly wheel design. Has Swas-tika symbol. 17 in. x 150 in.

ShawlPrice: $1300Description: Black sides. Stripe design. Gold/orange. 32 in. x 75 in. Geometric design.

Wall-Hanging with Mating NagasPrice: $2000 Description: Maroon background. 19 in. x 110 in.

Documents

GreenHeart Foundation Market Catalog