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Textile Fragment

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

This chintz petticoat fabric combines floral designs with western figures and architectural motifs.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted and dyed cotton chintz
Brief description
Fragment of painted and dyed cotton chintz dress fabric, Coromandel Coast, ca. 1750
Physical description
Fragment of painted and dyed cotton chintz dress fabric. With a design of floral garlands and western figures in architectural settings. One scene shows a courting couple, and the other with a hunter and spear advancing on a tiger. Each scene is framed by an ornamental balustrade embellished with flowering trees, urns, peacocks and a statue. The upper part of the dress fabric is filled with a repeating pattern of small bouquets with slender trailing flower sprays. Blue band along the selvage.
Dimensions
  • Height: 96cm
  • Width: 97cm
Credit line
Given by G. P. Baker
Production
Made for the Western market.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This chintz petticoat fabric combines floral designs with western figures and architectural motifs.
Bibliographic references
  • Crill, Rosemary, Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West, London, 2008. Plate 67, p. 114
  • 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. 110, cat. no. 109, pl. 100
Collection
Accession number
IS.49-1950

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Record createdNovember 28, 2007
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