Floorspread
late 17th century (made)
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Large floorspread of painted and dyed cotton. The design of the field is of repeating fantastic flowering plants on a white ground. The borders have staggered rows of flowers. Assembled from several pieces and badly stained.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted and dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Large floorspread of painted and dyed cotton, Coromandel Coast, late 17th century |
| Physical description | Large floorspread of painted and dyed cotton. The design of the field is of repeating fantastic flowering plants on a white ground. The borders have staggered rows of flowers. Assembled from several pieces and badly stained. |
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| Credit line | Given by G. P. Baker |
| Object history | Given by G.P.Baker |
| Production | Possibly made for the Golconda court |
| 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. 66, cat. no. 6, pl. 4b |
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| Accession number | IS.122-1950 |
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| Record created | February 22, 2006 |
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