Patka

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On display

V&A South Kensington
South Asia Gallery, Room 41

Place of origin

Coromandel Coast (made)

Child-sized patka (waist sash) of chintz. Plain undyed field with a small panel at each end filled with four rose sprigs in red and green. Side borders run along the entire length of the textile. One side border is filled with a meandering floral stem of fantastical red blossoms on a green background. The other side border contains a meandering floral stem of yellow blossoms on an undyed background.

Object details

Categories	Textiles Clothing Accessories
Object type	Patka
Materials and techniques	Block-printed mordant and resist dyed cotton Cotton (Textile) Block Printing Mordant Dyed Resist Dyeing
Brief description	Child's patka (waist sash), cotton block-printed, mordant- and resist-dyed, Mughal empire or Deccan, 18th century; Textiles; Clothing; Accessories
Physical description	Child-sized patka (waist sash) of chintz. Plain undyed field with a small panel at each end filled with four rose sprigs in red and green. Side borders run along the entire length of the textile. One side border is filled with a meandering floral stem of fantastical red blossoms on a green background. The other side border contains a meandering floral stem of yellow blossoms on an undyed background.
Dimensions	Length: 96in Width: 10.75
Marks and inscriptions	(Stamped with inventory seals from the court of the Nizams of Hyderabad.)
Gallery label	(01/08/2017) CHILD’S PATKA Cotton, block-printed, mordant- and resist-dyed Mughal empire or Deccan 18th century IS.81-1950 Given by G.P. Baker This child-sized patka or waist sash is 2.5 metres long. Its two matching decorative ends were designed to hang down the front of the body. The length, width, drape and decoration of patkas changed over time, but the Mughal motif of a single row of flowering stems at each end was popular from the 17th century onwards.
Credit line	Given by G. P. Baker
Object history	Formerly in the collection of the Nizams of Hyderabad
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.81-1950

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O455709/patka/

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