A block printed cotton textile from Masulipatam South East India, 19th century, painted, resist-dyed and mordant-dyed and applied gold and silver pigment on cotton, with a design of a trellis pattern enclosing gopi girls flanking a blossoming plant; the gopis hold fly whisks, or fans, 45.5 x 71.5 cmHanging textile panels with similar designs were used to decorate the walls and ceilings of shrines dedicated to Krishna, in addition to pichhwai which were hung behind the deity. A similar but larger example is in the Tapi Collection (99.1910), while an indigo ground example is in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art in Hyderabad, India (76.111).LiteratureBarnes, R. Cohen S. & Crill, R. 'Trade, Temple & Court - Indian Textiles from the Tapi Collection'2002, no 83Gittinger, M. 'Master Dyers to the World' 1982, no 68.A block printed cotton textile from Masulipatam South East India, 19th century, painted, resist-dyed and mordant-dyed and applied gold and silver pigment on cotton, with a design of a trellis pattern enclosing gopi girls flanking a blossoming plant; the gopis hold fly whisks, or fans, 45.5 x 71.5 cmHanging textile panels with similar designs were used to decorate the walls and ceilings of shrines dedicated to Krishna, in addition to pichhwai which were hung behind the deity. A similar but larger example is in the Tapi Collection (99.1910), while an indigo ground example is in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art in Hyderabad, India (76.111).LiteratureBarnes, R. Cohen S. & Crill, R. 'Trade, Temple & Court - Indian Textiles from the Tapi Collection'2002, no 83Gittinger, M. 'Master Dyers to the World' 1982, no 68.