[nb-NO]Details[nb-NO]
CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]S1972-0068-001-0
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Palempore, ceremonial hanging, heirloom (for Middle Eastern market?) - C
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]This 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
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]India, Coromandel coast (between Masulipatnam & Nagapatnam) - C
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]19th C, Mid - Late - C
[nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Textile
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Homespun Cotton, Cotton, Textile, Natural Dye, Dye
[nb-NO]Technique[nb-NO]Block Printing, Printmaking, Mordant Dyeing, Resist Dyeing
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
L: 187.5 cm
W: 120 cm
W: 120 cm

