1800 / 1860, Machilipatnam

1800 / 1860, Machilipatnam

Identifier
657-1890
Carried out by
Debenham & Freebody (http://data.silknow.org/activity/designer)
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
133.5 cm (length)
89 cm (length)
89 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Resist dyed and block printed plain weave cotton, padded, backed with undecorated plain weave cotton, faced with bias-cut dark blue silk and quilted. Off-white silk thread has been used for most of the quilting but blue silk was used through the facing. Colours: two shades of red, blue, brown, black. The central decorative panel has an off-white ground with a central medallion consisting of eight lobed segments outlined in blue emerging from a central red multi-petalled flower head. Each segment contains a blue flowering stem. There is a diagonal cypress tree and vase in each corner with two pairs of birds. The rest of the ground is patterned with off-set bands of botehs and flowering stems. There are four borders: the innermost is crowded with floral motifs; the main border has a floral meander with a blue stem and exotic blossoms in red, brown and blue. The outer border is a repeat of the inner, and the outermost border has reciprocal trefoils in blue and white. A narrow sleeve has been added on the back along the top and bottom, for display purposes. printed cotton, 1800s, Indian