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Palampore

ca. 1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Coromandel Coast (made)

The design of this chintz hanging is based on a print by J.B.H. Bonnart (d. 1726) illustrating an episode from Don Quixote, with Don Quixote bidding farewell to Sancho Panza, who is seated on a donkey in the middle of the scene. A leafy tree in the original print has been transformed into the exotic flowering tree typical of export chintzes of the period.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Wall Coverings
Interiors
Object type
Palampore
Materials and techniques
Painted and dyed cotton chintz
Brief description
Palampore or hanging of painted and dyed cotton chintz, Coromandel Coast, ca. 1740
Physical description
Large rectangular hanging (palampore) of painted and dyed cotton chintz with a field design incorporating elements taken from Bonnart's engraving of a scene from 'Don Quixote'. A large flowering tree fills the upper half of the field, with a group of western figures and architecture in the lower half. The wide border has a design of floral bouquets. Narrow blue band around the outer edges.
Dimensions
  • Height: 281.8cm
  • Width: 261.5cm
  • Height: 111in
  • Width: 103in
  • Top edge width: 1805mm
  • Bottom edge width: 1810mm
  • Proper right length: 2436mm
  • Proper left length: 2428mm
  • Weighed on roller weight: 13kg
Taken from origins of Chintz, cat.no.72.
Credit line
Given by G. P. Baker
Object history
Given by G.P.Baker
Subjects depicted
Figures
Architecture
Tree
Literary referenceDon Quixote
Summary
The design of this chintz hanging is based on a print by J.B.H. Bonnart (d. 1726) illustrating an episode from Don Quixote, with Don Quixote bidding farewell to Sancho Panza, who is seated on a donkey in the middle of the scene. A leafy tree in the original print has been transformed into the exotic flowering tree typical of export chintzes of the period.
Bibliographic references
  • 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. 96, cat. no. 72, pl. 71
  • Crill, Rosemary, Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West, London, 2008. Plate 17, p. 52
  • Irwin, John , Art & the East India Trade; Victoria & Albert Museum,, HMSO, London, 1970 no. 9
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.118-1950

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Record createdFebruary 22, 2006
Record URL
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