Kalimkari Fragment

Name: Kalimkari Fragment
SKU: TX4378
Price: 325.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Kalimkari is a printing process utilizing carved wooden blocks. It sometimes incorporates painted details. The registry, where the borders of the blocks meet, is as important as the quality of the carving of the blocks and the number of colors used. This light weight cotton fragment decorated in a linear scheme with a variety of flowers on a meandering leafy vine. Such fabrics were commonly produced along the Coromandel Coast and in Gujarat.

Circa: 19th century

Origin: India

Material: printed and painted cotton

Condition: fragment in good condition with some holes, stabilized and backed with cotton

Dimensions: 13" x 82"

Inventory number: TX4378

$325

SOLD

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Inventory #: TX4378 Categories: Asia, South Asia, Textiles

Kalimkari Fragment

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