Skirt
third quarter 18th century (made)
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Skirt of painted and dyed cotton. With a repeating design of alternating sprays radiating from a small flowerhead and terminating below with looped fruiting and flowering sprays. Above them are arching garlands and slender looping stems bearing stylised flowers. Closely pleated into narrow waistbands of patterned tape.
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Materials and techniques | Painted and dyed cotton |
Brief description | Skirt of painted and dyed cotton, Coromandel Coast, third quarter of 18th century |
Physical description | Skirt of painted and dyed cotton. With a repeating design of alternating sprays radiating from a small flowerhead and terminating below with looped fruiting and flowering sprays. Above them are arching garlands and slender looping stems bearing stylised flowers. Closely pleated into narrow waistbands of patterned tape. |
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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. 111, catr. no. 111, pl. 102 |
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Accession number | IS.107-1950 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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