Textile
second half 18th century (made)
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Dress fabric of painted and dyed cotton. Decorated with a floral sprigs in green, blue, red and purple on a white ground. The hem-border is composed of flowering plants. There are two alternating flowering plants, one bushy and the other spindly, around the bottom. There are selvages at the top and bottom and a blue band at the bottom edge. Three groups of two shots of brocaded red cotton indicate the beginning of the design.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted and dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of painted and dyed cotton, Coromandel Coast, second half of 18th century |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of painted and dyed cotton. Decorated with a floral sprigs in green, blue, red and purple on a white ground. The hem-border is composed of flowering plants. There are two alternating flowering plants, one bushy and the other spindly, around the bottom. There are selvages at the top and bottom and a blue band at the bottom edge. Three groups of two shots of brocaded red cotton indicate the beginning of the design. |
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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. 113, cat. no. 119, pl. 106 |
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| Accession number | IS.51-1950 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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