Palampore
ca. 1770 (made)
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Palampore (bedcover) of painted and resist-dyed cotton. A conventional flowering-tree design in which the angular notched tree-trunk, the flowers and butterfly reflect influence of contemporary Chinese wall-papers. The bedcover is wadded, backed with silk and quilted. Colours: white ground, the design outlined in black and red, with only blue, red and violet infilling surviving, all much faded and washed out. Indigo apparently applied by brush.
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Materials and techniques | Painted and resist-dyed cotton, wadded, backed with silk and quilted |
Brief description | Palampore (bedcover) of painted and resist-dyed cotton, Coromandel Coast, India, ca. 1770. |
Physical description | Palampore (bedcover) of painted and resist-dyed cotton. A conventional flowering-tree design in which the angular notched tree-trunk, the flowers and butterfly reflect influence of contemporary Chinese wall-papers. The bedcover is wadded, backed with silk and quilted. Colours: white ground, the design outlined in black and red, with only blue, red and violet infilling surviving, all much faded and washed out. Indigo apparently applied by brush. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs Barklie McCalmont |
Object history | Registered File number 1971/2513. |
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Accession number | IS.32-1971 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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