Textile panel, 18th century
Unknown artist, Indiaexpand_more
Painted, mordant dyed, and resist dyed plain weave cottonexpand_more
The Douglas J. and Victoria Galloway Holmen Endowment Fund and the Textile Miscellaneous Purchase Fundexpand_more 2014.3.1
Not on Viewexpand_more
This textile was made in Southern India by traditional artisans skilled in the production colorful cotton cloth, or chintz. Its intricate design resulted from a laborious process of hand-drawing, block printing, and vat dyeing that took weeks to complete. Soon after their involvement in Indian Ocean networks, European traders observed a demand for chintz among elite buyers back home, and responded by suggesting designs to Indian manufacturers so that their goods kept step with European textile trends. The pattern on this chintz mimics silk designs popular throughout Western Europe in the early eighteenth century, but the rare presence of an English East India Company trade stamp on the back tells us the panel was destined specifically for English markets.
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