<img width="640" height="730" src="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/310859_acd5b50480b28697_b-700x798.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/310859_acd5b50480b28697_b-700x798.jpg 700w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/310859_acd5b50480b28697_b-263x300.jpg 263w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/310859_acd5b50480b28697_b-170x194.jpg 170w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/310859_acd5b50480b28697_b.jpg 898w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="25356" data-permalink="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/2017/06/09/chan-chan/310859_acd5b50480b28697_b/" data-orig-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/310859_acd5b50480b28697_b.jpg" data-orig-size="898,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="310859_acd5b50480b28697_b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/310859_acd5b50480b28697_b-263x300.jpg" data-large-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/310859_acd5b50480b28697_b-700x798.jpg" />The diversity of styles that characterizes Larsen’s range is the result of his insatiable intellectual curiosity about the world’s textile traditions. He wrote extensively about resist-dye techniques in The Dyer’s Art: Ikat, Batik, Plangi, including fold-dying, in which pleating or folding are combined with resists like clamping or binding to create complex geometric patterns with...
