Bed Spread
1770-1790 (made)
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Bed spread (Palampore) of cotton chintz, painted and dyed. A flowering tree growing out of a rocky mound is shown at each end of the field,with deers and peacocks, converging on an elaborate circular floral design in the centre. The border is a loose meander of flowers and branches, and with stylised vases at each corner. In black, red, blue, green and manganese on a ground covered with a fine fern-frond motive in yellow.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton chintz, painted and dyed |
| Brief description | Bed spread (Palampore) of painted and dyed cotton chintz, East India Company, Coromandel Coast, 1770-1790 |
| Physical description | Bed spread (Palampore) of cotton chintz, painted and dyed. A flowering tree growing out of a rocky mound is shown at each end of the field,with deers and peacocks, converging on an elaborate circular floral design in the centre. The border is a loose meander of flowers and branches, and with stylised vases at each corner. In black, red, blue, green and manganese on a ground covered with a fine fern-frond motive in yellow. |
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| Credit line | Given by Brigadier-General James Dallas, C.B.,C.M.G. |
| Object history | Given by Brigadier-General James Dallas, C.B., C.M.G. |
| Production | Made for the western market. |
| 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. 85, cat. no. 44, cl. pl. 5 |
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| Accession number | IM.43-1925 |
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| Record created | August 4, 2006 |
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