Palampore
1855 (made)
| Place of origin |
Clump of bamboos with crossing branches and feather foliage, growing beside a fishpond. The border is filled with a formal garland, and around the outer edge there is a narrow blue band.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | painted and dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Textiles, chintz, Masulipatam, 1855 |
| Physical description | Clump of bamboos with crossing branches and feather foliage, growing beside a fishpond. The border is filled with a formal garland, and around the outer edge there is a narrow blue band. |
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| Object history | Probably made at the time of the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1855. |
| Bibliographic reference | 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. 89, cat. no. 57, pl. 55. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 5466(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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