Panel
18th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
This section of a long cloth (‘piece-good’) was made on India’s Coromandel Coast. The flamboyant symmetrical floral repeat pattern is in brown and white on a red ground. It echoes the Chinese-inspired chinoiserie designs produced in Europe in the 1720s.
Indian textile workers created the design using a combination of hand-painting and resist-dyeing. The latter technique involves treating certain areas of cloth with a resist that prevents them from absorbing the dye.
'Piece-good' is the name used in European trading company records to describe a long length of cloth with a series of self-contained designs. These long lengths were then cut up, probably at the point of sale. There are records of uncut lengths of this type of cloth being used as banners and hangings on festive occasions.
Indian textile workers created the design using a combination of hand-painting and resist-dyeing. The latter technique involves treating certain areas of cloth with a resist that prevents them from absorbing the dye.
'Piece-good' is the name used in European trading company records to describe a long length of cloth with a series of self-contained designs. These long lengths were then cut up, probably at the point of sale. There are records of uncut lengths of this type of cloth being used as banners and hangings on festive occasions.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Painted and resist-dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Textile panel from a long cloth of painted and resist-dyed cotton, Coromandel Coast, 18th century |
| Physical description | Textile panel from a long cloth of painted and resist-dyed cotton. With a floral pattern, brown and white on red ground. |
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| Object history | This flamboyant symmetrical floral repeat echoes the Chinese designs produced in Europe in the 1720's. |
| Production | Made for the Indonesian market |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This section of a long cloth (‘piece-good’) was made on India’s Coromandel Coast. The flamboyant symmetrical floral repeat pattern is in brown and white on a red ground. It echoes the Chinese-inspired chinoiserie designs produced in Europe in the 1720s. Indian textile workers created the design using a combination of hand-painting and resist-dyeing. The latter technique involves treating certain areas of cloth with a resist that prevents them from absorbing the dye. 'Piece-good' is the name used in European trading company records to describe a long length of cloth with a series of self-contained designs. These long lengths were then cut up, probably at the point of sale. There are records of uncut lengths of this type of cloth being used as banners and hangings on festive occasions. |
| Bibliographic reference | Guy, J. "Woven Cargoes. Indian Textiles in the East", London, 1998
p.100, pl. 134 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.95-1990 |
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| Record created | May 2, 2000 |
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