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pen containing mordant and then dipped the textile in dye. The dye adhered to the cloth only where the mordant had been applied. This lengthy process had to be repeated for each color in the design. Small details were then painted by hand on the cloth after the dying process was completed.
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Palampore patterns were usually very complex and elaborate, depicting a wide variety of plants, flowers, and animals, including peacocks, elephants, and horses. Because a palampore was hand-created, each design is unique, but many featured a central
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English printers began to copy palampore designs using block printing methods with a large-scale repeat to create fabric that could be used for curtains or bedding. In France, the
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Palampore made for Persia and the Mughal courts were more likely to be more formal and symmetrical in design. They depicted architectural structures, shrubs and tent interiors.
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Palampore were labour-intensive to produce, and the light fabric they were made from is fragile, therefore, the few examples that have survived are often quite valuable today.
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Palampore was popular in the Mughal and Deccan Courts. The borders of these pieces were block printed while the centre depicted intricate designs, made by hand.
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Palampores predated European production of printed-textiles and influenced innovations in chemicals and techniques used in Europe, and improvements in quality.
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In a domestic setting, American and European embroiderers cut around Indian printed cotton designs and attached them to quilts.
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and suggested that English trends may have influenced what East India Company directors commissioned in India.
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Indian resist painted and dyed cotton panel produced for export in the 18th and early 19th century
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A palampore made on India's Coromandel Coast -- now at the National Gallery of Australia
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A palampore made on India's Coromandel Coast -- now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Palampores were mordant-painted and resist-dyed. A palampore was made using the
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for the export market during the eighteenth century and nineteenth century.
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A palampore made in India -- now at the National Gallery of Australia
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fabric house produced designs inspired by palampores from the 1800s.
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Design historians have noted the similarities between palampores and
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Palempore with peacock design (detail), second half of 18th century,
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Analysis indicates that some palampores were produced using
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root dye to create colours in the red and brown range.
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with a mound at the base where there may be animals.
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Index

Palampur

Coromandel Coast
mordant
dyed
India
Coromandel Coast
Salem
bedcover
Hindi
Persian
Palanpur
kalamkari
cotton
linen
fabric
kalam
chay
embroidery
chain stitch
flowering tree
crewel embroidery
Europe
Dutch
Indonesia
Ceylon
Braquenié
Palampores at the V&A
The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial Industrial, and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures

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