Fragment
18th century (made)
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Textile fragment of a palampore of painted and dyed cotton. The centre field, a side border and end border remain. With three points of an eight-pointed flowery central medallion and a three-lobed corner motif. Flower sprays fill the field. The border is composed of flowers and foliage and arranged in a repeat. At the edges there is a blue band. At the right side there is a selvage.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Palampore of painted and dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Textile fragment of a palampore of painted and dyed cotton. Coromandel Coast, 18th century |
| Physical description | Textile fragment of a palampore of painted and dyed cotton. The centre field, a side border and end border remain. With three points of an eight-pointed flowery central medallion and a three-lobed corner motif. Flower sprays fill the field. The border is composed of flowers and foliage and arranged in a repeat. At the edges there is a blue band. At the right side there is a selvage. |
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| 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. 98, cat. no. 76, pl. 74b |
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| Accession number | IS.139-1950 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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