Palampore
ca. 1720-1750 (made)
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Large palampore (bed-cover or wall-hanging) of painted and dyed cotton chintz. The design consists of huge palmettes in shades of red converging on a central space filled with feather or leaf motifs. In each corner there is a shield-shaped element filled with floral decoration. Finished with a narrow border simulating a fringe. With four short lines of brocaded cotton at the selvage edge of the lower right corner.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted and dyed cotton chintz |
| Brief description | Large palampore of painted and dyed cotton chintz, Coromandel Coast, ca. 1720-1750 |
| Physical description | Large palampore (bed-cover or wall-hanging) of painted and dyed cotton chintz. The design consists of huge palmettes in shades of red converging on a central space filled with feather or leaf motifs. In each corner there is a shield-shaped element filled with floral decoration. Finished with a narrow border simulating a fringe. With four short lines of brocaded cotton at the selvage edge of the lower right corner. |
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| Credit line | Given by G. P. Baker |
| Object history | IS.17-1976 is a quilted version of the same design, but with floral decoration in the corner shields. |
| Associated object | IS.17-1976 (Version) |
| 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. 88, pl. 85 |
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| Accession number | IS.41-1950 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2006 |
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