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English: Palampore (India), mid–late 18th century   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Palampore (India), mid–late 18th century
Description
English: The wide border, contained between two narrow guard borders with pattern of delicate flowering vine, exhibits a design of five types of palm trees – the Palmyra palm, banana, coconut, betel, and date palms – growing in a row, and forming a repeat pattern. On the ground appear a mongoose, a lamb, and shaggy gray dog wearing a collar. Several of the trees variously inhabited: the coconut palm is being ascended by the "toddy" man, equipped with ladder, sack and other tools, to gather the fluid which will make the "toddy" wine. A parakeet with red body and green tail clings to the trunk of a banana palm; a cobra is coiled round the trunk of the date palm, reaching toward birds which flutter about their nest; brown squirrels are busy on the trunk of the betel palm. The palm trunks are in red, or brown, or blue with red and blue foliage. Colors are two reds, two greens, blue, yellow, violet, and brown. Cotton is very fine, now a biscuit color, and glazed.
Date mid–late 18th century
Medium cotton
Dimensions H x W x D: 365.8 x 266.7 cm (12 ft. x 8 ft. 9 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Textiles
Accession number
1968-78-2
Credit line Museum purchase from Restricted Funds
Notes
  • Type: Palampore
  • Country: India
Source/Photographer Catalog Photo
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