Hanging
first half 18th century (made)
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Hanging of painted and dyed cotton chintz. Composed for a pair of hangings. The design consists of two serpentine trees poised above a vase. The vase has a rim drawn as a flat oval. The trees have large flowers. A parakeet perches on the lowest branch. The vases stand between low, peaked, scaled mounds on which grow miniature banana trees. The border, attached to the sides and bottom, has a matching design. The panel is composed of two widths of cotton joined after painting.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Painted and dyed cotton chintz |
Brief description | Hanging of painted and dyed cotton chintz, Coromandel Coast, first half of 18th century |
Physical description | Hanging of painted and dyed cotton chintz. Composed for a pair of hangings. The design consists of two serpentine trees poised above a vase. The vase has a rim drawn as a flat oval. The trees have large flowers. A parakeet perches on the lowest branch. The vases stand between low, peaked, scaled mounds on which grow miniature banana trees. The border, attached to the sides and bottom, has a matching design. The panel is composed of two widths of cotton joined after painting. |
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Marks and inscriptions | United East India Company (Stamped in the top corner of the left half) |
Credit line | Given by G. P. Baker |
Object history | There is a United East India Company stamp in the top corner of the left half. |
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 cat. no. 20, pl. 64a |
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Accession number | IS.135-1950 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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