2003 Antique Palampore Kalamkari - Ceylon

Antique Palampore Kalamkari 

A kalamkari / chintz / palampore in dark saturated colors made on a fine cloth for the Ceylon market

Featuring large floral patterns. Borders have a European influence with ribbons and bows.

Appears to be wholly hand painted and drawn (though I'm not  100% sure)

Fantastic dark natural dyes are still vivid and striking

Has damage. 

Originally used on a bed. Also used as a wall-hanging.

138 x 205cm

Estimated to be from the mid 1800s

See the last image - a photo of a Palampore in use in a wall mural in an old Buddhist temple in Sri lanka 

Note that the palampore has no backing cloth. Some photos have been staged with a maroon background cloth. Others have a white backing cloth. The images of the textile on the wall have been created digitally for visualisation purposes and are not to size. 

This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.