Textiles collection
Circa 1450-1650
Made in Gujarat for the Indonesian market, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia
3.60 x 1.02m (11’8” x 3’4”)
Block-printed using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2004-2010
Circa 1450-1650
Made in Gujarat for the Indonesian market, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia
3.60 x 1.02m (11’8” x 3’4”)
Block-printed using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2004-2010
Uncut cloth with three different designs
17th century, Gujarat, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia
4.32 x 0.80m (14’2” x 2’8”)
Block-printed using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2004-2010
Uncut cloth with three different designs, detail 1
17th century, Gujarat, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia
4.32 x 0.80m (14’2” x 2’8”)
Block-printed using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2004-2010
Uncut cloth with three different designs, detail 2
17th century, Gujarat, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia
4.32 x 0.80m (14’2” x 2’8”)
Block-printed using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2004-2010
Uncut cloth with three different designs, detail 3
17th century, Gujarat, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia
4.32 x 0.80m (14’2” x 2’8”)
Block-printed using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2004-2010
17th century
Made in Gujarat for the Indonesian market
2.80 x 1.02m (9’2” x 3’6”)
Block printed using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
17th century
Made in Gujarat for the Indonesian market
2.80 x 1.02m (9’2” x 3’6”)
Block printed using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
18th or 19th century, Coromandel Coast, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia
2.70 x 2.04m (8’10’ x 6’8”)
Chintz, hand drawn centre with printed outer decoration using dyes and mordants on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2004-2010
‘Mata Hari’, Ceremonial Cloth, detail
18th or 19th century, Coromandel Coast, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia
2.70 x 2.04m (8’10’ x 6’8”)
Chintz, hand drawn centre with printed outer decoration using dyes and mordants on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2004-2010
Chintz Fragment with Grotesques in an Imaginary Landscape
Late 17th-early 18th century
Coromandel Cost for the Japanese market, reportedly found in Japan
0.38 x 0.18m (1’3” x 0’7”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
Chintz Fragment with Grotesques in an Imaginary Landscape, detail
Late 17th-early 18th century
Coromandel Cost for the Japanese market, reportedly found in Japan
0.38 x 0.18m (1’3” x 0’7”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
‘The Herb Picker’ Ceremonial Cloth
Circa 17th Century
Coromandel Coast, reportedly found in Sri Lanka
1.55 x 1.09m (5’1” x 3’9”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and albert Museum, London, 2004-2010
Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2013-2014
Published HALI 172, 2012, pp.78-81; Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800, 2013, pp.215-216
‘The Herb Picker’ Ceremonial Cloth, detail
Circa 17th Century
Coromandel Coast, reportedly found in Sri Lanka
1.55 x 1.09m (5’1” x 3’9”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and albert Museum, London, 2004-2010
Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2013-2014
Published HALI 172, 2012, pp.78-81; Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800, 2013, pp.215-216
18th century
Coromandel Coast, reportedly found in Sri Lanka
0.97 x 0.90m (3’2” x 3’0”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on the cotton cloth, unrestored
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2004-2010
Published in HALI 168, 2011, pp.80-89
‘Fortune Teller’ Fragment, detail
18th century
Coromandel Coast, reportedly found in Sri Lanka
0.97 x 0.90m (3’2” x 3’0”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on the cotton cloth, unrestored
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2004-2010
Published in HALI 168, 2011, pp.80-89
Late 18th-19th century
Coromandel Coast, reportedly found in Sri Lanka
1.30 x 1.18m (4’3” x 3’10”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth, unrestored
Late 18th-19th century
Coromandel Coast, reportedly found in Sri Lanka
1.30 x 1.18m (4’3” x 3’10”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth, unrestored
Circa 1700-25
Coromandel Coast, reportedly found in Sri Lanka
1.86 x 1.11m (6’1” x 3’6”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum 2004-2010
Published by HALI 168, 2011, pp.80-89
Palampore, Decorative Hanging, detail
Circa 1700-25
Coromandel Coast, reportedly found in Sri Lanka
1.86 x 1.11m (6’1” x 3’6”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum 2004-2010
Published by HALI 168, 2011, pp.80-89
Floral Patterned Sarong on a pale yellow-tan ground with wavy ‘Tumpal’ ends
First half of the 18th Century
Coromandel Coast, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia
3.78 x 1.20m (12’5” x 3’1”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2004-2010
Floral Patterned Sarong on a pale yellow-tan ground with wavy ‘Tumpal’ ends, detail
First half of the 18th Century
Coromandel Coast, found in Sulawesi, Indonesia
3.78 x 1.20m (12’5” x 3’1”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
On loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2004-2010
Chintz Somana Tuppotiya with slate-blue floral ‘Racemes’
Late 18th century- early 19th century
Coromandel Coast, reportedly found in Sri Lanka
3.53 x 1.04m (11’7” x 3’5”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
Chintz Somana Tuppotiya with slate-blue floral ‘Racemes’, detail
Late 18th century- early 19th century
Coromandel Coast, reportedly found in Sri Lanka
3.53 x 1.04m (11’7” x 3’5”)
Chintz, hand drawn using dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
Somana Tuppotiya with Tumpal ends and floral banded centre
19th century
Coromandel Coast, reportedly found in Sri Lanka
3.23 x 1.12m (10’7” x 3’8”)
Chintz, hand drawn dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
Three Children’s Costumes, costume 1
18th century
Coromandel Coast, constructed later.
- Red-ground chintz, cotton bib with initials and lace work
- Red-ground chintz
- White-ground chintz
Chintz, hand drawn dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
Three Children’s Costumes, costume 1 detail
18th century
Coromandel Coast, constructed later.
- Red-ground chintz, cotton bib with initials and lace work
- Red-ground chintz
- White-ground chintz
Chintz, hand drawn dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
Three Children’s Costumes, costume 2
18th century
Coromandel Coast, constructed later.
- Red-ground chintz, cotton bib with initials and lace work
- Red-ground chintz
- White-ground chintz
Chintz, hand drawn dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
Three Children’s Costumes, costume 2 detail
18th century
Coromandel Coast, constructed later.
- Red-ground chintz, cotton bib with initials and lace work
- Red-ground chintz
- White-ground chintz
Chintz, hand drawn dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
Three Children’s Costumes, costume 3
18th century
Coromandel Coast, constructed later.
- Red-ground chintz, cotton bib with initials and lace work
- Red-ground chintz
- White-ground chintz
Chintz, hand drawn dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
Three Children’s Costumes, costume 3 detail
18th century
Coromandel Coast, constructed later.
- Red-ground chintz, cotton bib with initials and lace work
- Red-ground chintz
- White-ground chintz
Chintz, hand drawn dyes, mordants and resists on cotton cloth
19th century
Northern Europe (?), reportedly found in Sri Lanka
0.91 x 0.76m (3’0” x 2’6”)
Block-printed or roller printed on cotton cloth
19th century
Northern Europe (?), reportedly found in Sri Lanka
0.91 x 0.76m (3’0” x 2’6”)
Block-printed or roller printed on cotton cloth
This is not a chintz; rather it has been block-printed and was most likely produced in one of countless factories operating in Holland, Belgium or possibly even Russia during the second half of the 19th century, attempting to compete with an entire range of traditional Indian textile exports.