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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	[es-ES]Details[es-ES] Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection Número del objetoS1967-0107-002-0 TítuloCoverlet - C DescripciónThis cloth was acquired in Teheran. The Indo-Persian character of its pattern is further proof that it was made for export to the Middle East. The elaborate floral motifs are bordered by bands of stylised leaf motifs, and continuous vines in red, indigo. ochre and white. The colours were fixed by the use of mordants applied by block printing, except for indigo blue which was achieved by the wax-resist process. “The western state of Gujarat and the eastern Coromandel Coast were the production centres of printed and painted, mordant resist-dyed trade cloths. These cloths were made for specific markets. This early 20th coverlet was manufactured in Gujarat with characteristic Indo-Persian patterns for export to the Middle East” (Past, Present , Beyond: Re-nascence of an Art Collection, Page 38) Lugar de producciónIndia, Masulipatnam, Andhra Pradesh - C Periodo de producción20th C, Early - C Nombre del objetoTextile MaterialHandspun Cotton, Cotton, Textile, Natural Dye, Dye TécnicaBlock Printing, Printmaking, Mordant Dyeing, Wax Resist Dyeing, Resist Dyeing Dimensiones L: 112.5 cm W: 106 cm

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

Número del objetoS1967-0107-002-0

TítuloCoverlet - C

DescripciónThis cloth was acquired in Teheran. The Indo-Persian character of its pattern is further proof that it was made for export to the Middle East. The elaborate floral motifs are bordered by bands of stylised leaf motifs, and continuous vines in red, indigo. ochre and white. The colours were fixed by the use of mordants applied by block printing, except for indigo blue which was achieved by the wax-resist process. “The western state of Gujarat and the eastern Coromandel Coast were the production centres of printed and painted, mordant resist-dyed trade cloths. These cloths were made for specific markets. This early 20th coverlet was manufactured in Gujarat with characteristic Indo-Persian patterns for export to the Middle East” (Past, Present , Beyond: Re-nascence of an Art Collection, Page 38)

Lugar de producciónIndia, Masulipatnam, Andhra Pradesh - C

Periodo de producción20th C, Early - C

Nombre del objetoTextile

MaterialHandspun Cotton, Cotton, Textile, Natural Dye, Dye

TécnicaBlock Printing, Printmaking, Mordant Dyeing, Wax Resist Dyeing, Resist Dyeing

Dimensiones

L: 112.5 cm
W: 106 cm