Palampore

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

This large chintz palampore (hanging or bed-cover) has an unusually elaborate rocky mound at the base of its flowering tree, with animals and many different designs of rock. The field is also full of lively animals amongst the foliage of the tree, and the background is covered with a subtle 'vermicular' or worm-like pattern which is produced by hand-painting the design with a mordant, probably alum, but not dyeing it.

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Categories	Textiles Wall Coverings Interiors
Object type	Palampore
Materials and techniques	Painted and dyed cotton Cotton Painted Dyeing
Brief description	Large palampore of painted and dyed cotton, Coromandel Coast, ca. 1775-ca. 1790
Physical description	Large palampore of painted and dyed cotton. With a flowering tree growing out of a rocky mound and with animals. Border with repeating treelets. Around the edges are low rolling hillocks.
Dimensions	Top width: 1892mm Bottom width: 1894mm Proper right length: 2485mm Proper left length: 2489mm Object with the roller weight: 5kg
Credit line	Given by G. P. Baker
Production	Made on the Coromandel Coast for the Western market
Subjects depicted	Tree Animals
Summary	This large chintz palampore (hanging or bed-cover) has an unusually elaborate rocky mound at the base of its flowering tree, with animals and many different designs of rock. The field is also full of lively animals amongst the foliage of the tree, and the background is covered with a subtle 'vermicular' or worm-like pattern which is produced by hand-painting the design with a mordant, probably alum, but not dyeing it.
Bibliographic references	Crill, Rosemary, Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West, London, 2008. Plate 24, pp.60 and 61 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.84, cat. no.37, pl. 39
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.44-1950

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Record created	November 27, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O141049/palampore-unknown/

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