Kalamkari Cotton
| This cotton coverlet, from the collection in the Victoria &
Albert Museum, was produced about 1850 in Machlipatnam, in Andhra
Pradesh in southeast India. The design on it - produced by a combination
of dyeing, block printing and hand painting - is an example of ‘kalamkari’.
Textiles produced in India were exported both to Britain and to the Far and Middle East. The kalamkari design was particularly popular in Iran in the mid-19th century. Victoria & Albert Museum 5443 (IS) (CIS) (mid-19th century) Copyright © V & A Images |
|
back to top  |
