Jaipur

The original of this scarf is a cloth from India painted and printed using the wooden block method. The indiennes played a major role in the origins of European textile printing. The first known indiennes were probably brought to Europe in the 15^th century. However it was only from the 17^th century that a growing fashion for light and highly coloured cottons took hold of Europe. Very graphic with delicate colours, these motifs are also characterised by their two dimensional representations without perspective. "Jaipur" is the reproduction of an indienne, composed of 11 colours and representative of these exotic settings. It comes from the East coast of the Indian peninsular and probably dates from the beginning of the 19^th century.