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| Keywords: Hindoo Gods; Wallpaper.jpg en Object Type Paper printed with patterns has been used to decorate walls since the 16th century However the many Europeans living in India in the 19th century found it impractical to introduce the fashion for wallpaper there as the climate was not suitable The heat and humidity caused the paper to peel away from the wall after a short time and it would also become infested with insects It seems likely therefore that these wallpaper panels were produced to be used as temporary decorations perhaps for religious festivals Subjects Depicted This scene appears to have been copied from a 19th-century south Indian painting It combines elements of European design the chandeliers with decorative features the arch characteristic of Indian art of the Mughal period 1526-1857 The figures depicted in this panel and others in the series are all characters from Hindu mythology The god Vishnu the Preserver is seen reclining on the serpent Ananta on the waters of Nara; Brahma the Creator in the Hindu pantheon appears in a lotus flower which rises from Vishnu's navel Vishnu's sleep on the eternal waters symbolises the dormant periods between the ages of the universe Brahma's reappearance signals his re-creation of the universe to begin a new age 1880-1890 made http //collections vam ac uk/item/O78157/hindoo-gods-wallpaper-wallpaper-unknown/ Unknown maker Allan Cockshut Co manufacturer PD-Old Uploaded with UploadWizard Sheshasayi Vishnu | ||||
