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Skirt

third quarter 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Length: 43.75in
  • Length: 111cm
  • Width: 137.875in
  • Width: 348cm
  • Repeat length: 19.5in
  • Repeat length: 49.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • United East India Company (Stamped on the inside of the hem on a facing)
  • Tamil seal (On the inside of the hem on a facing)
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
Collection
Accession number
IS.107-1950

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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