Art Price Index: India and Cashmere

Published on 02 November 2020, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Why choose between red madder and indigo blue? India has provided Europe with its most beautiful finery.

€20,320Quilted cotton palampore print bedspread, India, Coromandel Coast, 18th century,... Art Price Index: India and Cashmere

€20,320
Quilted cotton palampore print bedspread, India, Coromandel Coast, 18th century, 76.37 x 47.64 in.
Paris, Drouot, April 19, 2017. Art Richelieu auction house. Mr. de Villelume.

The history of textiles in India stretches back to the dawn of time. The secrets of decorating cotton cloth and cashmere shawls have been handed down from one generation to the next. In the late 16 th century, the first printed fabrics imported to Europe came from India. In a society…

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