Not currently on display at the V&A

Textile

ca. 1881-1882 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Textile, fragment of unfinished block printed and mordant-dyed cotton, with a design of broad and narrow bands of buta and floral designs. Made for the Singapore market.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven cotton, block printed with a mordant dye
Brief description
Three fragments of an unfinished textile for the Singapore market, floral design, dyed and block-printed cotton in the first stage of manufacture, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, ca. 1881-1882
Physical description
Textile, fragment of unfinished block printed and mordant-dyed cotton, with a design of broad and narrow bands of buta and floral designs. Made for the Singapore market.
Dimensions
  • Top edge width: 1090mm
  • Bottom edge width: 1090mm
  • Weight: 7kg (Note: weight of textile on roller)
  • Proper right length: 2370mm
  • Proper left length: 2380mm
Object history
Acquired by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his purchasing trip to India in 1881 to 1882. 1883 Register entry: COTTON PRINT. Unfinished. Fires stage of manufacture. Prepared with a mordaunt for fixing the dye, and showing the pattern of broad and narrow hands of floral cones, trellis pattern, and floral designs in white, on a greenish drab ground. Made for the Singapore market. Combaconum. 19th cent. L. 2 ft. 11 in., W. 3 ft. 5 in. Bought, 9d. 2309.-1883. (I.S.).
Production
Made for the Singapore market.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.2309-1883

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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