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Skirt

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Coromandel Coast (made)

The arcaded border of this petticoat has become overtly architectural, with flaming arches reminiscent of Thai architecture enclosing European figures and floral motifs. The field design is of plants emerging from hillocks.


Object details

Categories
Clothing
Textiles
Object type
Skirt
Materials and techniques
Painted and dyed cotton chintz
Brief description
Skirt of painted and dyed cotton chintz, Coromandel Coast, ca. 1750
Physical description
Skirt of painted and dyed cotton chintz. The field is white. The main design is of flame-like arches enclosing floral motifs and western figures hunting and conversing. The upper part of the skirt has floral clumps emerging from rocky mounds. The skirt is gathered into a narrow waistband at the top. Along the selvage edge, hidden by the hem, is a blue band.
Dimensions
  • Length: 103cm
  • Hem circumference: 297cm
  • Length: 40.5in
  • Hem circumference: 117in
  • Repeat length: 19.75in
  • Repeat length: 50cm
Taken from Origins of Chintz, cat.no.105.
Credit line
Given by G. P. Baker
Object history
Given by G.P.Baker
Subject depicted
Floral Motifs
Summary
The arcaded border of this petticoat has become overtly architectural, with flaming arches reminiscent of Thai architecture enclosing European figures and floral motifs. The field design is of plants emerging from hillocks.
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. 109, cat. no. 105, pl. 98a
  • Crill, Rosemary, Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West, London, 2008. Plate 71, pp.118 and 119
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.13-1950

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2006
Record URL
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