Asian Textiles: Indian Textile
-
Chintz with reversible design, Knot and interlocking check design on madder red ground (detail), Coromandel Coast, southern India, Early 18th century
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 13
March 5, 2019 (Tue) - June 2, 2019 (Sun)Various textiles and techniques were spread across Asia from India, such as cotton cloth, splashed-pattern dyeing, tie-dyeing and brocades with metal threads. In particular, chintz, which was cotton cloth dyed with floral patterns or legendary images using woodblock printing or hand-drawing, fascinated people around the world and was a major export from the 16th to the 19th century.
Current exhibit includes:
Chintz with reversible design, Knot and interlocking check design on madder red ground, Coromandel Coast, southern India, Early 18th century
Chintz Drape for Tent, Tree and flower design on white ground, India, Start of 17th century
Chintz, Vase, flower, and bird design on white ground, Coromandel Coast, South India, 17th–18th century
Chintz, Standing tree, bird, and beast design on white ground, Machilipatnam, South India, 19th century
| Designation | Name | Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance |
Period | Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number |
CMT | ||
| ChintzKnotted floral check design on indigo ground | Coromandel coast, southern India, For export to Indonesia (Discovered in Lampung, Sumatra) | 18th century | TI-531 | ||||
| [Dupatta] (Shawl)Brocading; design of flowers | Dhaka region (present-day Bangladesh) | 18th-19th century | Gift of Ms. Iwasa Shizuko TI-516 |