Archival Details
- Tradition: Kalamkari
- Period: ca. 1640–50
- Medium: Cotton; plain weave, mordant painted and dyed, resist dyed
- Dimensions: Textile: L. 25 1/4 in. (64.1 cm)
W. 36 in. (91.4 cm)
Mount: L. 30 1/4 in. (76.8 cm)
W. 41 1/16 in. (104.3 cm)
D. 1 in. (2.5 cm) - Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1928
- Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 28.159.2
Kalamkari is a hand-painted and block-printed cotton textile tradition from the Coromandel Coast of South India, using natural dyes applied with a pen (kalam) and mordant techniques. Surviving works range from temple hangings to export chintz, and the tradition is known for intricate narrative and floral motifs.