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Fragment

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Coromandel Coast (made)

The design of this unusual chintz fragment is derived from Japanese textiles or lacquerware.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Fragment
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Textile
  • Textile
Materials and techniques
Painted and dyed cotton chintz
Brief description
Textile fragments from a palampore of painted and dyed cotton chintz, Coromandel Coast, 18th century
Physical description
Textile fragments from a palampore (wall-hanging or bed-cover) of painted and dyed cotton chintz. The design is based on a Japanese textile, and shows flowing water, flowers and swallows, which all appear again in the border. There are narrow guard borders of floral meander design. Blue and red on a white ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 160cm
  • Width: 104.2cm
  • Width: 41cm
  • Is.53 1950 height: 115cm (Maximum) (Note: Measured by conservation)
  • Is.53 1950 width: 164.5cm (Maximum) (Note: Measured by conservation)
Taken from Origins of Chintz, cat.no.91.
Credit line
Given by G. P. Baker
Object history
Given by G.P.Baker
Summary
The design of this unusual chintz fragment is derived from Japanese textiles or lacquerware.
Bibliographic references
  • 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. 105, cat. no. 91, pl. 87
  • Crill, Rosemary, Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West, London, 2008. Plate 26, p. 64
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.53&A-1950

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2006
Record URL
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