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Palampore

ca. 1720-1750 (made)
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Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 6.16kg (Note: Weight on roller)
  • Bottom width: 2280mm
  • Top width: 2280mm
  • Proper right length: 3100mm
  • Proper left length: 3150mm
Taken from Origins of Chintz, cat.no.88.
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
Collection
Accession number
IS.41-1950

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2006
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