Palampore
ca. 1750 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Chintz hangings for the Western (especially Dutch) market quite frequently have the coat-of-arms of the person who commissioned them incorporated into the design. In this case, the coat-of-arms in the centre and the corners remains unidentified.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cotton, mordant-dyed and resist-dyed, with areas of painted yellow dye |
| Brief description | Chintz palampore with a European coat-of-arms, cotton, mordant-dyed and resist-dyed, Coromandel Coast, South-east India, ca. 1750 |
| Physical description | A large chintz palampore with floral field and a central coat-of arms of a blue-and-white cross on a shied, with helm and bird on the top. |
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| Object history | Made for the western market. Purchased. Registered File number 1976/1287. |
| Production | For the western market. |
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| Summary | Chintz hangings for the Western (especially Dutch) market quite frequently have the coat-of-arms of the person who commissioned them incorporated into the design. In this case, the coat-of-arms in the centre and the corners remains unidentified. |
| Bibliographic reference | Crill, Rosemary, Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West, London, 2008.
Crill, Rosemary. Chintz : Indian textiles for the West London: V&A Publishing, 2008, Cat. No. 29, p. 29, illus. p. 68. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.13-1976 |
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| Record created | August 4, 2006 |
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