The Andhra town that dressed the world | Pedana - Storytrails

The Andhra town that dressed the world | Pedana

What links a quiet Andhra town to the global fashion boom of the 17th century? Kalamkari and Chintz - intricate, handcrafted textiles that once dazzled royal courts and European fashion houses alike, were born in the neighbouring towns of Machilipatnam and Pedana in Andhra Pradesh.

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1. Man’s Coat, Mughal India, 1700-1750

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1936.443, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Man%27s_Morning_Coat.jpg 


2. Jacket made of chintz in c.1740s

AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1750_sits_jekje_Rijks_PubDom_BK-NM-4959.png 


3. Dutch woman’s outfit with chintz jacket, 1770s

See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1770s-dutch-womans-outfit-with-caraco-jacket-found-on-digita_bunka_ac_jp.jpg 


4. Pedana railway station 

Adityamadhav83, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pedana_railway_station_name_board.jpg 


5. Kalamkari painted handicraft from Srikalahasti

rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KALAMKARI_HAND_PAINTED_CLOTH_SRIKALAHASTI_AP_-_panoramio.jpg 


6. Kalamkari sarees, Shilparamam

Vis M, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalamkari_sarees,_Shilparamam.jpg 


7. Dress and skirts in chintz, India, c. 1770s

Dress (robe à l’anglaise) and skirts in chintz, ca. 1770-1790, shawl (fichu) in embroidered batiste, 1770-1800. Jacoba de Jonge Collection in MoMu – Fashion Museum Province of Antwerp, www.momu.be / Photo by Hugo Maertens, Bruges, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dress_(robe_%C3%A0_l%27anglaise)_and_skirts_in_chintz,_ca._1770-1790,_shawl_(fichu)_in_embroidered_batiste,_1770-1800_(cropped).jpg 


8. Chintz palampore, India, 18th century

The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chintz_palampore_India_18th_century.jpg 


9. Kalamkari textile depicting Lord Vishnu’s dashavtaras

Jl FilpoC, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dashavatara_de_kalamkari,_British_Museum.jpg 


10. Kalamkari painting of Lord Vishnu on serpent AnantaThe British Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalamkari_painting_of_Lord_Vishnu_on_serpent_Ananta.jpg 


11. Kalamkari designs

Ravitheja Kumar Reddy C, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalamkari.jpg 


12. Kalamkari hand painting 

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalamkari_painting_in_progress.jpg#filehistory 


13. Charminar, Hyderabad

Gopikrishna Narla, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charminar-Pride_of_Hyderabad.jpg 


14.  Portrait of 1st Sultan of Golconda, c. 1686

Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portret_van_Bara_Malik_hij_is_eerst_vizier_geweest_van_de_sultan_die_over_de_stad_Bidar_regeerde_later_werd_hij_heerser_van_Golconda_en_heeft_hij_Golconda_gesticht,_RP-T-00-3186-19A.jpg 


15. Persian Carpet, c. 17th century

David Collection, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:17-9_3-1964-Saltingtaeppe_Photo-Pernille-Klemp-f.jpg 


16. Palempore carpet

Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palempore_met_patroon_van_vazen,_BK-1975-2.jpg 


17. Kalamkari fabric

Ravitheja Kumar Reddy C, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalamkari_Art.jpg 


18. View of Masulipatam in 1676

Rama, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masulipatam_mg_8557.jpg 


19. Palampore fabric, Coromandel Coast

Cst7, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arbre_de_vie_aux_poissons.jpg 


20. Palampore fabric, Coromandel Coast

Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palempore_aux_paons_(3).jpg 


21. Woman’s robe in chintz, c. 1770s

Dress (robe à l’anglaise) and skirts in chintz, ca. 1770-1790, shawl (fichu) in embroidered batiste, 1770-1800. Jacoba de Jonge Collection in MoMu – Fashion Museum Province of Antwerp, www.momu.be / Photo by Hugo Maertens, Bruges, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dress_(robe_%C3%A0_l%27anglaise)_and_skirts_in_chintz,_ca._1770-1790,_shawl_(fichu)_in_embroidered_batiste,_1770-1800.jpg 


22. Chintz jacket, 1750–1800

Jacket in chintz, skirt in wool damask, 1750-1800. Jacoba de Jonge Collection in MoMu – Fashion Museum Province of Antwerp, www.momu.be  / Photo by Hugo Maertens, Bruges, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacket_in_chintz,_skirt_in_wool_damask,_1750-1800._MoMu_-_Fashion_Museum_Province_of_Antwerp,_www.momu.be._Photo_by_Hugo_Maertens,_Bruges..jpg 


23. Petticoat of glazed chintz, c. 1700s

Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

https://picryl.com/media/petticoat-india-for-european-market-17001750-ch-18418063-b09486 


24. Chintzes pictured from the book ‘The Textile Manufactures of India’

John Forbes Watson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chintzes_n%C2%B0476.jpg 


25. Kalamkari tablecloth, 18th century

Adbh266, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalamkari_table_cloth.jpg 


26. Painting of an indiana chintz shop in Barcelona in 1824

Gabriel Planella, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botiga_d%27indianes.jpg 


27. Palempore fabric, c. 1750

https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13749748/palempore-met-patroon-van-vazen-c-1725-1750-anonymous 


28. Chintz fragment with tulips

Karun Thakar Collection photo. Work by unknown Coromandel srtisans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chintz_fragment_with_tulips_and_insects.JPG 


29. Kalamkari fabric, MET 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalamkari_Rumal_MET_Rumal_MMA_1928.159.2.jpg 


30. Chintz jacket

Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Babyjasje_Babyjasje_met_rugsluiting_en_vier_rode_strikken,_van_sits_dat_op_een_wit_fond_een_ijl_patroon_van_takken_met_meerkleurige_palmetbloemen,_granaatappels_en_peren_vertoont,_BK-1978-784.jpg 


31. Chintz fabric,18th century 

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chintz_Border_(India),_mid-18th_century_(CH_18397469-2).jpg 


32. Morris and Company Textile Printing

Anonymous for Morris & Co., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morris_and_Company_Textile_Printing_Merton_Abbey.jpg 


33. Cotton printed dress, Victoria and Albert Museum

Valerie McGlinchey, CC BY-SA 2.0 UK https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BLW_Day_Dress_(detail)_1836_-_1840.jpg 


34. Kalamkari painting

Anilbhardwajnoida, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalamkari_painting.jpg 



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