Underskirt
third quarter 18th century (made)
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Underskirt of painted and dyed cotton chintz. With a design of curving floral sprays and chains which join in a cluster of scalloped leaves on two stems. There are two units to a width (108 cm) and a little extra on each side. Composed of four full widths of cotton. Along the upper edge of one width there is a blue line and a band of blue indicating the beginning or end of the chintz. Another of the widths has a United East India Company stamp.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted and dyed cotton chintz |
| Brief description | Underskirt of painted and dyed cotton chintz, Coromandel Coast, third quarter of 18th century |
| Physical description | Underskirt of painted and dyed cotton chintz. With a design of curving floral sprays and chains which join in a cluster of scalloped leaves on two stems. There are two units to a width (108 cm) and a little extra on each side. Composed of four full widths of cotton. Along the upper edge of one width there is a blue line and a band of blue indicating the beginning or end of the chintz. Another of the widths has a United East India Company stamp. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | United East India Company mark (Stamped on one of the widths) |
| Credit line | Given by G. P. Baker |
| 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. 121, cat. no. 155, pl. 137 |
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| Accession number | IS.22-1950 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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