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mid 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
India (made)

Fragment of painted, dyed and block-printed cotton chintz. The design consists of a spray of blue convolvulus-like flowers with floral sprays and leaves, all rising from a spathe-like sheath. The colours are violet, red, green and yellow. There is a selvedge at the right edge and some traces of stitching.

The design of fanciful flowers would have come from a floorspread, curtain or perhaps a garment.


Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Fragment
Materials and techniques
Painted, dyed and block-printed cotton chintz
Brief description
Fragment of painted, dyed and block-printed cotton chintz, India, mid 17th century
Physical description
Fragment of painted, dyed and block-printed cotton chintz. The design consists of a spray of blue convolvulus-like flowers with floral sprays and leaves, all rising from a spathe-like sheath. The colours are violet, red, green and yellow. There is a selvedge at the right edge and some traces of stitching.

The design of fanciful flowers would have come from a floorspread, curtain or perhaps a garment.
Dimensions
  • Height: 58cm
  • Width: 26cm
  • Height: 12.5in
  • Width: 9.5in
  • Repeat length: 28cm
  • Repeat width: 6.5in
  • Repeat width: 16.5cm
Style
Deccan
Credit line
Given by K. de B. Codrington, Esq.
Subject depicted
Flowers
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. 66, cat. no. 5, pl. 3b
  • Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, "The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993. p. 104, cat. no. 88
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.58-1933

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
Record URL
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