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Palampore1700-1740

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Large vertical textile with ivory ground, embroidered in red, rose, green, and brown with a central flowering tree, flanking birds, scattered botanical motifs, and a floral scroll border
Printed or block-printed textile panel with a cream ground, featuring a vertical meandering branch with large stylized red and pink flowers, gray-green leaves, and smaller blossoms; narrow floral border along both edges.
Printed or block-printed cotton textile with a cream ground, featuring a wide central border of large stylized red and blue flowers, curling vines, and gray-green leaves, flanked above and below by narrower floral repeat borders in red and blue.
Printed cotton textile fragment featuring a large stylized flower in deep red with white scrolling detail at the center, surrounded by pale blue-gray leaves and curling stems on a cream ground, with smaller floral sprigs at the edges.
Printed or block-printed textile on cream ground, dense botanical pattern of stylized flowering branches in deep red, muted blue-gray, and brown, with large open blooms, buds, and hanging bell-shaped flowers in a chinoiserie-influenced style.
Printed or painted textile panel on cream ground, depicting a large meandering branch with stylized pomegranates, thistle-like seed pods, and exotic foliage in red, pink, dusty blue, and gray-green.
Textile fragment with printed or painted design in red, pink, and cream; a long-necked wading bird stands atop stylized rocky formations surrounded by fish, lotus flowers, and foliage in a chinoiserie-style pattern.
Printed or block-printed textile fragment with a large-scale botanical design on cream ground; twisting brown branches with spiral markings support oversized tulips, peonies, and pomegranates in red, pink, and gray-green, with scattered berries and foliage.
Printed cotton textile with large-scale botanical pattern on cream ground; a central open tulip-like bloom with red paisley-filled petals, flanked by gray-green leaves and brown stems, with red roses at upper left and lower left.
Printed textile fragment on cream ground, featuring a large stylized botanical bloom in deep red with fine gold detailing at center, surrounded by trailing branches, gray-green leaves, and small red buds in an 18th-century Indienne-style pattern.
Printed or block-printed textile with large fantastical flowers in deep red, pink, and gray-blue on a cream ground, with curving branches and scrolling foliage rendered in fine detail.
Printed or block-printed textile fragment on cream ground, featuring a large stylized red and mauve composite flower at center surrounded by curving stems, blue-gray leaves, and smaller carnation-like blooms in red and pink.
Printed textile fragment on cream ground, featuring a large stylized exotic flower in deep red with feathered petals at center, surrounded by curving branches, pale blue-gray and dark green leaves, and smaller red blossoms and buds.
Printed linen textile with a large central stylized bloom in deep red with white lacy detail at the petal edges, surrounded by smaller red flowers, pale blue-green leaves, and curling stems on a cream ground.
Printed or woven textile fragment with a large-scale botanical pattern on cream ground; sinuous brown branches with spiral-carved bark support oversized tulips, roses, and exotic blooms in red, gray, and muted pink, with pale green and gray foliage throughout.
Printed cotton textile with an ivory ground, featuring a large-scale design of twisting brown tree branches, red and pink stylized flowers, pomegranates, and gray-green leaves in a chinoiserie-influenced botanical pattern.
Embroidered textile panel on cream ground with red and pink floral motifs, a wading bird among lotus-like blooms, scaled rockwork mounds, and a gnarled tree trunk at right with scrolling bark pattern.
Printed or painted cotton textile with cream ground, featuring large curving branches bearing stylized flowers in deep red and blue-gray; an inner panel at upper right depicts scalloped landscape forms and birds; floral vine border runs along the edges.
Printed cotton textile panel with a sinuous flowering tree design on cream ground; large red and white peony-like blooms, gray-green foliage, and scattered smaller flowers in red and pink, with a narrow floral border along the right edge.
Printed cotton textile with cream ground, featuring sinuous brown tree branches spreading across the surface with red, pink, and gray flowering blooms, leaves, and botanical motifs in a dense all-over pattern; narrow floral border visible at top and right edges.
Printed or painted textile with cream ground, depicting a large gnarled tree with spiral-patterned bark rising from stylized red and pink rocky outcroppings, with spreading branches bearing red peonies, tulips, and pomegranates; a bird rests among the rocks; narrow floral border visible at right edge.
Printed cotton textile with a cream ground, featuring a large tree-of-life composition in red, pink, brown, and gray; stylized blooms, foliage, rocks, and a bird amid branches, with a narrow floral border at left and bottom edges.
Printed or block-printed cotton textile with cream ground, densely patterned with curving branches, large stylized red and pink florals, and gray-green leaves; a bird perches on a lower branch; narrow floral border visible at left and top edges.
Title
Palampore
Place Made
India, Coromandel Coast for the European market
Date Made
1700-1740
Medium
Cotton plain weave, painted and dyed
Dimensions
124 1/2 × 89 in. (316.23 × 226.06 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Costume Council in memory of Mary Hunt Kahlenberg
Accession Number
M.2012.73
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles