Wonderful design and colours. Made for and influenced by the Western market, produced on the Coromandel Coast, south-east India. Good to see the drawing in a couple of places.
The panel with a cornucopia with diagonal leaves filled with a huge display of roses and exotic Eastern flowers, hand drawn and painted, resist and mordant dyed, in shades of madder, indigo and magnesium (aubergine) on a natural fine cotton
24 x 20 1/2 in; 62 x 51 cm
There is a hole to one of the centre group of three five stared flowers. The other two painted in magnesium (augergine) are also worn. The whole piece has been tacked to a backing cotton so looks very good. Some fading.
Chintz. Indian Textiles for the West. Rosemary Crill. Plate 41 p 86 87.
Cloth that changed the world. Edited by Sarah Fee p 134 fig9.23
Price: on request
Ref N°: 1516
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