Textile Panel
17th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Panel from a coverlet of pale yellow cotton quilted and embroidered with silk motifs in dark red and cream.
There is a repeating horizontal pattern: from left to right a peacock with a crayfish, eel or other fish in its beak, a horseman wearing doublet, hose, and a broad brimmed hat, a pair of birds in a tree, a horseman, and a peacock.
The remaining space is closely covered with flowering plants, deer, hares, a pelican, ducks and other birds. The background has a small lozenge diaper in yellow. Below is a row of rosettes between two narrow stripes of cable ornament.
There is a repeating horizontal pattern: from left to right a peacock with a crayfish, eel or other fish in its beak, a horseman wearing doublet, hose, and a broad brimmed hat, a pair of birds in a tree, a horseman, and a peacock.
The remaining space is closely covered with flowering plants, deer, hares, a pelican, ducks and other birds. The background has a small lozenge diaper in yellow. Below is a row of rosettes between two narrow stripes of cable ornament.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Quilted cotton embroidered with silk |
| Brief description | Panel of quilted embroidered cotton in silks, made in Bengal, 17th century |
| Physical description | Panel from a coverlet of pale yellow cotton quilted and embroidered with silk motifs in dark red and cream. There is a repeating horizontal pattern: from left to right a peacock with a crayfish, eel or other fish in its beak, a horseman wearing doublet, hose, and a broad brimmed hat, a pair of birds in a tree, a horseman, and a peacock. The remaining space is closely covered with flowering plants, deer, hares, a pelican, ducks and other birds. The background has a small lozenge diaper in yellow. Below is a row of rosettes between two narrow stripes of cable ornament. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Douglas Eyre |
| Bibliographic reference | Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, "The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993.
p. 164, cat. no. 151 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.113-1922 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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