Contemporary Linen Wallhanging with Print of Palampore Interior Decor antique painting Made from hand embroidered mauve

Made from hand embroidered mauve silk with an embroidered border running around the hem and sleeve openings

The upper edges of the front openings are edged in a more fancy old gold hand crocheted lace

The first of a new project worked in collaboration between our studio and a wonderful professional lampshade maker (she doesn’t flutter an eyelid at my mad ideas and just makes them happen

The colour palette of this textile mean it would work well in most interior settings

It is of a woman with an elaborate high hairstyle the likes of which were inspired by that of Marie Antoinette and the ladies of the French court

Contemporary Linen Wallhanging with Print of Palampore Interior Decor antique painting Made from hand embroidered mauveA complete reproduction of an 18th century Palampore (Hindi term for bed cover) from the Coromandel Coast of India. Originally made for a retiring official of the Dutch East India Company, J. C Pielat, and featuring a pun on his name with 'pied' or foot in the coat of arms. Printed on heavy linen. The original Palampore from which this design is taken is in The V&A Museum, London. Would work very well as a bedcover, wallhanging or curtain. Printed