Details
CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection
InventarnummerS1972-0068-001-0
TitelPalempore, ceremonial hanging, heirloom (for Middle Eastern market?) - C
BeschreibungThis piece of cloth is adaptation of kalamkari with jacquard weaving. Only vegetable dyes are used.Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom, also traded as luxury item.Found in several parts of India and Iran.(Gillow and Barnard, Traditional and Indian Textiles p16.),(Gillow,John and Barnard, Nicholas.Traditonal Indian Textiles.London Thames and Hudson 1991)Probably mid-late 19th C kalamkari fearturing ‘tree-of-life’ motif from Coromandel Coast, one of four examples in this collection - C
EntstehungsortIndia, Coromandel coast (between Masulipatnam & Nagapatnam) - C
Entstehungszeitraum19th C, Mid - Late - C
SachgruppeTextile
MaterialHomespun Cotton, Cotton, Textile, Natural Dye, Dye
TechnikBlock Printing, Printmaking, Mordant Dyeing, Resist Dyeing
Format
L: 187.5 cm
W: 120 cm
W: 120 cm
