Asian Textiles: Indian Textiles
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Bedspread with Flowering Trees and Bamboo, Coromandel Coast, India, Made for export to Europe, 18th century
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 13
April 16, 2024 (Tue) - July 7, 2024 (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.
| Designation | Name | Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance |
Period | Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number |
CMT | ||
| Highlight | Chintz with Interlaced Floral Checks | Coromandel Coast, India, Made for export to Indonesia (Discovered in Lampung, Sumatra) | 18th century | TI-531 | |||
| Chintz with a Flower Vase, Birds, and Flowers | Coromandel Coast, India | 17th–18th century | TI-175 | ||||
| Highlight | Drape for Tents with Flowers | India | Start of the 17th century | TI-173 | |||
| Highlight | Bedspread with Flowering Trees and Bamboo | Coromandel Coast, India, Made for export to Europe | 18th century | TI-514 |