This length of painted and dyed cotton (chintz) would probably have been used as dress material rather than furnishing fabric, as it is very fine. The design is very different from the sprigged or meandering floral patterns usually seen on chintz dress material of the 18th century. It is strongly influenced by the French woven silks that were popular at the time, especially those called 'bizarre' silks, which had strong, linear designs, and often featured imaginary fruits or other fantastical objects.

These superb painted and dyed cotton textiles of South India's Coromandel Coast were imported in great quantities into Britain (and Holland and France) from the late 17th century onwards, and revolutionised dress and furnishings in those countries.