Palampore
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Warp 44 9/16 in. (113.2 cm); weft 72 in. (182.9 cm)
- Department
- Asian Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Purchase, Fernando Family Trust Gift, in honor of Dr. Quintus and Mrs. Wimala Fernando, 2010
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Flora Both · 99%
Flowers and trees dominate the central field and surrounding border; the museum catalog lists Flowers and Trees as subjects.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 99%
Repeated floral sprays, leaves, fruits, tendrils, and border motifs establish an extensively patterned surface.
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Dense Composition Visual · 98%
The cream central field and saturated outer border are densely filled with botanical forms, leaving limited unornamented space.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%
Elaborate flowers, curling foliage, layered borders, and detailed patterned interiors produce an intensely ornamental appearance.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 94%
The catalog describes the medium as cotton with painted resist and mordant and dyed processes; painted botanical imagery is also visible on the surface.
Time Periods
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18th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The museum dates the work to the first quarter of the 18th century, approximately 1700–1725.
Geographic Regions
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Indian Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog gives the place of origin as India, specifically the Coromandel Coast.
Materials
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Natural Fibers Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies cotton as the textile material, which is a natural fiber.
Textiles
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Textile Arts Both · 99%
The object is visibly a decorated textile, and the catalog identifies it as a Palampore in the classification Textiles—Painted and Dyed.
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Use of Fabric Both · 99%
The support is visibly fabric, and the catalog identifies the medium as cotton.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Palampore. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.