Palampore

Not to be confused with Palampur.

Palempore with peacock design (detail), second half of 18th century, Coromandel Coast.

A palampore or (Palempore)[1] is a type of hand-painted and mordant-dyed bed cover or hanging panel that was made in India for the export market during the eighteenth century and nineteenth century.[2]

  1. ^ Balfour, Edward (1885). The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial Industrial, and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures. Bernard Quaritch. p. 830.
  2. ^ "Palampore". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 17 July 2024.