Supplementary weaving

Front view of a detail from a textile from Sumba depicting an ancestor figure (Marapu) using a supplementary of the warp.
Back view of a detail from a textile from Sumba depicting an ancestor figure (Marapu) using a supplementary of the warp

Supplementary weaving is a decorative technique in which additional threads are woven into a textile to create an ornamental pattern in addition to the ground pattern. The supplementary weave can be of the warp or of the weft.[1] Supplementary weave is commonly used in many of the textiles of Southeast Asia such as in Balinese textiles, the textiles of Sumba and the songket of Sumatra, Malaysia and Brunei.

  1. ^ Maxwell, Robyn J. (1990). Textiles of Southeast Asia: Tradition, Trade, and Transformation. Australian National Gallery. p. 418. ISBN 978-0-19-553186-2.