Palampore Border Fragment Bespoke Mounted and Framed: C18th Coromandel Coast, India wallhanging 17cm tall x 12cm wide

17cm tall x 12cm wide

Central Embroidery 49 x 92 inches

the peacocks and leaves are beautifully observed and depicted

probably in France

The most extraordinary and sumptuous gold embroidered ecclesiastical pelmet dating from the early 19th century

Palampore Border Fragment Bespoke Mounted and Framed: C18th Coromandel Coast, India wallhanging 17cm tall x 12cm wideThis has to be one of our all time favourite pieces to ever pass through our hands. One of the joys of our work as conservators is getting to know textiles intimately in a way very few people do, sometimes being the first person to put and needle and thread to it in over 300 years. We have stretched and mounted this fragment of hand painted chintz over a lined and interlined board and have put it into a bespoke hand painted frame carefully chosen to