Object Number 1957.1290

Object Name

Bedcover (Palampore)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

India, Asia

Date

1730-1760

Materials

Cotton; Linen

Dimensions (inches)

148.5 (L) , 106.75 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

377.19 (L) , 271.145 (W)

Measurement Notes

On 4/8/13, I reversed the length and width dimensions per Joy Gardiner. She had examined the object for loan to the MMA and found that the measurements had been inverted.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Cantor, Jay E. 1997 Winterthur. 264.
• Published: p. 181
[Manuscript] Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.
[Article] Eaton, Linda. 01//2002 Winterthur’s Hand-Painted Indian Export Cottons. Antiques. 170-175.
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[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 19, fig. 1.02