Textile Panel
ca. 1640-1650 (made)
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The panel was made up in Europe from pieces of a 17th-century hanging showing figures in Iranian-style dress of the type seen in chintzes made for the Golconda court. The shape of the panel suggests that it was used in Europe to decorate the back of a day-bed.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted and dyed cotton chintz stitched onto a cotton ground, outlined with couched silk |
| Brief description | Textile panel of painted and dyed cotton chintz, Coromandel Coast, ca. 1640-1650 |
| Physical description | Irregularly shaped textile panel of painted and dyed cotton chintz stitched onto a cotton ground. The ground fabric is plain cotton onto which are stitched pieces cut from a 17th-century chintz hanging with human figures in windows, and an early 18th-century chintz with a floral design. The chintz fragments are outlined with couched silk in pale blue and cream. Probably used to upholster a bed-head. |
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| Gallery label | APPLIQUÉ PANEL
Cotton, mordant- and resist-dyed, appliquéd onto cotton ground and embroidered with silk
Coromandel Coast, possibly for the Golconda court
Appliqué fabric
c. 1640-60
IS.16-1956
Given by N.H. Heeramaneck
This panel was made up in Europe in the 18th century from pieces of a 17th-century chintz hanging. The figures in Iranian-style dress are of the type seen in chintzes made for the Golconda court, one of the Islamic kingdoms of the Deccan. The shape of the panel suggests that it was used in Europe to decorate the back of a day-bed.(0./08/2017) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr Nasli M. Heeramaneck, Esq. |
| Object history | Formerly in the Heeramaneck collection. |
| Production | The panel was probably made up in Europe from pieces of two chintz hangings, one (with figures) of the 17th century and one (with flowers) of the early 18th century. |
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| Summary | The panel was made up in Europe from pieces of a 17th-century hanging showing figures in Iranian-style dress of the type seen in chintzes made for the Golconda court. The shape of the panel suggests that it was used in Europe to decorate the back of a day-bed. |
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| Accession number | IS.16-1956 |
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| Record created | February 22, 2006 |
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