Palampore
ca. 1700-1725 (made)
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Palampore (wall-hanging or bed-cover) of painted and dyed cotton chintz. In the centre is a coat-of-arms (unidentified) which is repeated in the four corners of the field. An all-over repeating design of fanciful leaves and flowers on trailing stems covers the field and the border.
Narrow guard borders are drawn to appear as figured tapes applied over the design. They have a repeated lobe-like leaf pattern. The palampore is composed of two selvage-to-selvage widths of cotton which have been joined after painting. There are three weft stripes across the top of the right-hand length, two composed of single shots and one of two shots of red cotton. Along all four edges there is a light blue band.
Narrow guard borders are drawn to appear as figured tapes applied over the design. They have a repeated lobe-like leaf pattern. The palampore is composed of two selvage-to-selvage widths of cotton which have been joined after painting. There are three weft stripes across the top of the right-hand length, two composed of single shots and one of two shots of red cotton. Along all four edges there is a light blue band.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted and dyed cotton chintz |
| Brief description | Palampore of painted and dyed cotton chintz, Coromandel Coast, ca. 1700-1725 |
| Physical description | Palampore (wall-hanging or bed-cover) of painted and dyed cotton chintz. In the centre is a coat-of-arms (unidentified) which is repeated in the four corners of the field. An all-over repeating design of fanciful leaves and flowers on trailing stems covers the field and the border. Narrow guard borders are drawn to appear as figured tapes applied over the design. They have a repeated lobe-like leaf pattern. The palampore is composed of two selvage-to-selvage widths of cotton which have been joined after painting. There are three weft stripes across the top of the right-hand length, two composed of single shots and one of two shots of red cotton. Along all four edges there is a light blue band. |
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| Credit line | Given by G. P. Baker |
| Object history | Given by G.P.Baker |
| 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. 104, cat. no. 86, pl. 83 |
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| Accession number | IS.37-1950 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2006 |
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