Textile
ca. 1881-1882 (made)
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Textile, probably head cover, unfinished printed and dyed textile, illustrating the second stage of manufacturing process, prepared with a mordant, printed with a small regular pattern on a white ground with a narrow side border, and end wider end borders with bands of floral buta, and decorative patterns, all in white on a red ground. Complete piece.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton, block printed with wax and mordant dyed.
For an account of the processes in printing these cloths, and illustrations of very similar pieces to IS 2307 to 2310-1883, see W.S.Hadaway, Cotton Painting and Printing in the Madras Presidency, Madras, 1917, pp.8-9 and 71-4. |
| Brief description | Unfinished textile for the Singapore market, floral design, dyed and block printed cotton in the second stage of manufacture, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, ca. 1881-1882 |
| Physical description | Textile, probably head cover, unfinished printed and dyed textile, illustrating the second stage of manufacturing process, prepared with a mordant, printed with a small regular pattern on a white ground with a narrow side border, and end wider end borders with bands of floral buta, and decorative patterns, all in white on a red ground. Complete piece. |
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| Object history | Acquired by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his purchasing trip to India in 1881 to 1882. COTTON PRINT. Unfinished. Second stage of manufacture. Prepared with a mordaunt and printed with a small diaper pattern of a sprig in red on a white ground, with narrow side borders, and wide end borders in bands of floral cones, trellis pattern, and floral designs in white on a red ground. Made for the Singapore. market. Combaconum. 19th cent. L. 7 ft. 6 in., W. 3 ft. 6 in. Bought, 2s. 6d. 2310.-1883. (I.S.). |
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| Accession number | IS.2310-1883 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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