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Chintz Piece

1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Complete length of block printed cotton, red ground with repeat pattern of small floral sprigs. Resist-dyed, mordant-dyed and with painted areas of mustard yellow.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven cotton, block printed, resist-dyed and mordant-dyed, and painted
Brief description
Textile, chintz piece, red with floral pattern, block printed cotton, Machilipatnam, 1880
Physical description
Complete length of block printed cotton, red ground with repeat pattern of small floral sprigs. Resist-dyed, mordant-dyed and with painted areas of mustard yellow.
Dimensions
  • Length: 320cm
  • Width: 91.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • printed cartouches at one end read MMS then in Persian 'Qalamkar' (Printed inscription in Persian, at top of object)
  • 'Shiraz Muhammed Mahdi/1298' (Printed in Persian at top of object, middle inscription; date 1298 equivalent to 1880.)
  • 'A'la numunmeh' (Printed inscription in Persian, at top of object)
    Translation
    'Superior example'
Object history
Acquired by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his purchasing trip to India in 1881 to 1882.
Collection
Accession number
IS.1767-1883

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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