Palampore
18th century (made)
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Palampore of painted and dyed cotton chintz. With two meandering branches growing from patterned rocky hillocks. With flowers and leaves. Border with garlands joined together by narrow ribbon bows with floral pendants. Lined in cotton.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted and dyed cotton chintz, lined with cotton |
| Brief description | Palampore of painted and dyed cotton chintz, Coromandel Coast, 18th century |
| Physical description | Palampore of painted and dyed cotton chintz. With two meandering branches growing from patterned rocky hillocks. With flowers and leaves. Border with garlands joined together by narrow ribbon bows with floral pendants. Lined in cotton. |
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| Credit line | Given by G. P. Baker |
| Object history | Close in design to textile IS.120-1950. Exhibited in retrospective exhibition of Painted and Printed Fabrics, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927. |
| 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.
cat. no. 52, pl. 50, p. 88 |
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| Accession number | IS.45-1950 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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