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Vestment

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Coromandel Coast (made)

Vestment made of painted and dyed cotton. Painting of The Deposition occupies the centre. Made under Armenian patronage.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Religion
Ecclesiastical Textiles
Clothing
SCRAN
Object type
Vestment
Materials and techniques
Painted and dyed cotton
Brief description
Vestment made of painted and dyed cotton, Coromandel Coast, 18th century
Physical description
Vestment made of painted and dyed cotton. Painting of The Deposition occupies the centre. Made under Armenian patronage.
Dimensions
  • Height: 139cm
  • Length: 56.5in
  • Width: 23in (maximum)
Subjects depicted
Cross
Jesus
Bibliographic references
  • Swallow, Deborah and John Guy eds. Arts of India: 1550-1900. text by Rosemary Crill, John Guy, Veronica Murphy, Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow. London : V&A Publications, 1990. 240 p., ill. ISBN 1851770224, p.166, pl.144.
  • 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.130, cat. no. 188, pl. 156
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.2-1953

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Record createdFebruary 10, 2003
Record URL
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