Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats, an interview with Clarissa Esguerra (Dressed Classic)

Update: 2025-08-13

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We return to a 2019 interview with Clarissa Esguerra, Curator of Textiles and Costume at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), who taught us all about the sophisticated resist-dying ikat technique responsible for the resplendent textiles and garments on display in the LACMA exhibition Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats.

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Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats, an interview with Clarissa Esguerra (Dressed Classic)

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Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats, an interview with Clarissa Esguerra (Dressed Classic)