Petticoat
ca. 1750-75 (made)
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Although it is hand-drawn, the simple treatment of the design on this skirt almost gives the appearance of a block-print. Unusually for a chintz fabric, the black has been drawn directly onto the cloth. There is an East India Company stamp on top of the painted design on one side of the petticoat. Black designs like this were probably intended as mourning wear. Another very similar petticoat in the V&A was part of the Baker gift (IS.107-1950).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cotton, painted and dyed; linen, printed |
| Brief description | printed cotton, 1700s, South-east India |
| Physical description | Cotton petticoat with black surface decoration. Lined with linen, with a strip of printed floral linen, probably from Alsace, around the hem. |
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| Production | Made on the Coromandel Coast for export to Europe. The lining of the hem is from Alsace, ca.1780. |
| Summary | Although it is hand-drawn, the simple treatment of the design on this skirt almost gives the appearance of a block-print. Unusually for a chintz fabric, the black has been drawn directly onto the cloth. There is an East India Company stamp on top of the painted design on one side of the petticoat. Black designs like this were probably intended as mourning wear. Another very similar petticoat in the V&A was part of the Baker gift (IS.107-1950). |
| Bibliographic reference | Crill, Rosemary, Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West, London, 2008.
Plate 56. p. 104 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.87-1923 |
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| Record created | November 28, 2007 |
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