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Palampore

ca. 1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Coromandel Coast (made)

This incomplete chintz hanging may have been used as part of a set of bed hangings or as a wall panel. Its superbly detailed drawing and precision dyeing make it one of the finest early export chintzes to have survived. Its sinuous tree and large imaginary blossoms are typical of the late 17th and early 18th century chintzes exported to Europe.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Textiles
Object type
Palampore
Materials and techniques
Painted, resist-dyed and mordant-dyed cotton chintz
Brief description
Palampore of painted, resist-dyed and mordant-dyed cotton chintz, Coromandel Coast, ca. 1700
Physical description
Rectangular palampore of painted, resist-dyed and mordant-dyed cotton chintz. With a design in shades or reds and blues of a large tree with an undulating trunk covering the whole surface. The tree rises out of a mound at the base, and has designs of fantastic fruits, flowers and leaves emerging from its branches. There is a join of selvage edges down the centre made after painting.
Dimensions
  • Height: 248.8cm
  • Width: 124.5cm
  • Height: 98in
  • Width: 49in
Taken from Origins of Chintz, cat.no.11.
Credit line
Given by G. P. Baker
Object history
Given by G.P.Baker
Subject depicted
Trees
Summary
This incomplete chintz hanging may have been used as part of a set of bed hangings or as a wall panel. Its superbly detailed drawing and precision dyeing make it one of the finest early export chintzes to have survived. Its sinuous tree and large imaginary blossoms are typical of the late 17th and early 18th century chintzes exported to Europe.
Bibliographic references
  • Crill, Rosemary, Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West, London, 2008. Plate 3, p. 36
  • 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. 70, cat. no. 11, pl. 9.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.119-1950

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Record createdFebruary 22, 2006
Record URL
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