Chintz Piece
1880 (made)
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Complete length of striped cotton, with floral meanders alternating with flower buds, in blue, red, white and green. Resist-dyed and mordant-dyed with painted mustard yellow. Glazed or burnished, to give a glossy surface. Printed cartouche at one end gives the name of Ali Ahmad Sayyid and the Islamic date 1298.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton, resist-dyed and mordant-dyed |
| Brief description | Textile, chintz piece, resist-dyed and mordant-dyed cotton, Machilipatnam, 1880 |
| Physical description | Complete length of striped cotton, with floral meanders alternating with flower buds, in blue, red, white and green. Resist-dyed and mordant-dyed with painted mustard yellow. Glazed or burnished, to give a glossy surface. Printed cartouche at one end gives the name of Ali Ahmad Sayyid and the Islamic date 1298. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Printed cartouche at one end gives the name of Ali Ahmad Sayyid and the Islamic date 1298. (Islamic date 1298 is equivalent to AD 1880.) |
| Object history | Acquired by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his purchasing trip to India in 1881 to 1882. |
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| Accession number | IS.1771-1883 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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