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Bed Hanging

ca. 1774 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Coromandel Coast (made)

This is one of the hangings sent to the actor David Garrick and his wife from Calcutta in 1775, and impounded by customs on their arrival in England. The set includes several other curtains and valances. This curtain was probably intended to hang at the foot of the bed. It was acquired by the donor at the sale of the contents of the Garricks' villa in 1864.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Interiors
Object type
Bed hanging
Materials and techniques
Cotton, painted and dyed (chintz)
Cotton
Painted
Dyeing
Brief description
from the Garrick bed hangings Textile, cotton, painted, Masulipatam, c1750
Physical description
Large palampore with flowering tree design.
Dimensions
  • Height: 363cm
  • Width: 233.5cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Hardman
Object history
Formerly belonged to David and Eva Garrick
Production
Made on the Coromandel Coast for the Western market
Subject depicted
Tree
Association
David Garrick
Summary
This is one of the hangings sent to the actor David Garrick and his wife from Calcutta in 1775, and impounded by customs on their arrival in England. The set includes several other curtains and valances. This curtain was probably intended to hang at the foot of the bed. It was acquired by the donor at the sale of the contents of the Garricks' villa in 1864.
Bibliographic references
  • Crill, Rosemary, Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West, London, 2008. Plate 22, p. 58
  • 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.81-83, cat. no. 34, pl. 34
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
18-1906

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Record createdNovember 27, 2007
Record URL
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