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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Coromandel Coast (made)

Fragment of a length of block-printed, painted, resist-dyed and mordant-dyed cotton with a repeat pattern of flowering plants in shades of orange, red, violet and green. At the left edge is a selvedge and traces of stitching.

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Category	Textiles
Object type	Fragment
Materials and techniques	Resist-dyed and mordant-dyed cotton, painted and block-printed
Brief description	Fragment of a length of block-printed, painted, resist-dyed and mordant-dyed cotton, probably made in Coromandel Coast, late 17th century
Physical description	Fragment of a length of block-printed, painted, resist-dyed and mordant-dyed cotton with a repeat pattern of flowering plants in shades of orange, red, violet and green. At the left edge is a selvedge and traces of stitching.
Dimensions	Top width: 1892mm Bottom width: 1894mm Proper right length: 2485mm Proper left length: 2489mm Object with the roller weight: 5kg
Gallery label	(27/9/2013) PART OF A CURTAIN OR HANGING Cotton, mordant-dyed, resist-dyed and printed South-East India c. 1660 IM.57-1933 Given by K. de B. Codrington Fabrics like this piece were used extensively at the Mughal and Deccani courts for door curtains, floor covers and decorative hangings. The repeating floral design recalls Mughal textile patterns, but the fine resist-drawn motifs inside the leaves suggest an origin on the Coromandel Coast. The fabric may have been intended for use at the Golconda court.
Credit line	Given by K. de B. Codrington, Esq.
Object history	Given by Professor K. de B. Codrington
Production	Possibly made for the Golconda court
Bibliographic reference	Irwin, John and Katherine Brett, Origins of Chintz, London, 1970. With a catalogue of Indo-European cotton-paintings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. ISBN 112900534. p. 66, cat. no. 4, pl. 3a
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IM.57-1933

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Record created	February 22, 2006
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O121308/fragment-unknown/

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