Border
18th century (made)
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Border textile for a bed in painted and dyed cotton. Formed of seven small pieces sewn together. Pattern of curving branches bearing flowers, grapes and two birds. Vermiculations and spots enrich parts of the surface.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted and dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Border textile for a bed in painted and dyed cotton, Colomandel Coast, 18th century |
| Physical description | Border textile for a bed in painted and dyed cotton. Formed of seven small pieces sewn together. Pattern of curving branches bearing flowers, grapes and two birds. Vermiculations and spots enrich parts of the surface. |
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| Credit line | Purchased from M. Sylvaine[?] Gleiges, 24 Avenue Gambetta Courbevoie, Seine, France |
| 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. 74-75, cat. no. 21 |
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| Accession number | IM.52-1919 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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