Palampore

Item Information

Title:
Palampore
Description:
Rectangular, fine off white cotton; applied side border panels. Thinly framed center panel of flowering tree; earthen mound. Flowers include chrysanthemums, peonies; flittering butterflies; birds perched in limbs. Around base pheasants and flowers. Border of flowers, vines and wave scrolls.
Date:
1800–1899
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
block printing (relief printing process)
cotton (textile)
machine sewing (technique)
weaving
machine-made
painting (coating)
piecing (needleworking)
tabby (textile)
palampores
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
Papilionoidea (superfamily)
floral patterns
flowers (plant components)
Orientalism
Phasianinae (subfamily)
Cotton
Transfer Printed
Painted
Machine Sewn
Pieced
Bird
Floral
Tree
Butterfly
Woven
Novelty Weave
Toile de Genes
Chrysanthemum
Peony
Pheasant
trees (woody plants)
Extent:
81.5 in. x 66 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/9934
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Accession #:
1923.409
Identifier:
9934