Object Number 1960.0780

Object Name

Quilt (Wholecloth quilted Palampore)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Miss Gertrude Brinckle

Creator (Role)

United East India Company (Maker)

Place of Origin

India, India, Asia

Origin Notes

Textile made in India

Secondary Origin Notes

quilted in Europe or America

Date

1750-1790

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Lower righthand corner; Pictorial mark featuring a small square stamp divided in four parts

Materials

Cotton; Linen

Techniques

Quilted

Dimensions (inches)

111 (L) , 87 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

281.94 (L) , 220.98 (W)

Measurement Notes

from Quilts in a Material World list

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 5, pp.116, 118
[Book] Brett, Katharine B & Irwin, John. 1970 Origins of Chintz,.
• Related info: p 12, 76-77 (tamil marks)
[Thesis] Gale, Mary. 2001 Indigo-Resist Prints from Eighteenth-Century America: Production and Provenance. M.A. University of Rhode Island
• Related info: on Europe/India connection
[Chapter] Rixon, Angharad. A Fault in the Thread? Examining Fibers Taken from Laces of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [Book] Whelan, Virginia J. 2002 Strengthening the Bond: Science & Textiles. 101-109.
• Related info: p 101-109, Info on linen/cotton Europe/India connection
[Book] Horton, Laurel. 1994 Quilting in America: Beyond the Myths.
• Published: page unknown
[Book] Murray, Elizabeth. 1997 Cultivating Sacred Space:Garding for the Soul.
• Page unknown
[Article] Eaton, Linda. 01//2002 Winterthur’s Hand-Painted Indian Export Cottons. Antiques. 170-175.
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[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 202,203, fig. 113
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 220,221, fig. 125