Palanquin at Jama Masjid
पालकी @IndiaArtHistory @hemantsarin @DalrympleWill https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1086230282003394561
Palanquin https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1099004776778350592?s=19
Palanquin, Paalki? it was most affordable mode of transport for nobles https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1340976478226247680?s=20
Rajas had more elaborately decorated palanquin, as they could employ people to carry it https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1158823221883334657?s=20
not just in India, palanquin was preferable mode of transport or so to say there was no other option for personal transport!
here it is from Thailand https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1107748799374462978?s=20
with time Palanquin acquired status symbol with that craft handicraft, decoration with textile craft too became enriched
regional & personal preferences guided crafts to follow as per pleasure of patrons https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1107617382913241089?s=20
Palanquin was part of folklore thus it appeared in many forms, wherever opportunity existed
Artist made here beautifull scene in terracotta https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1222114418093248512?s=20
in wedding & festivities Palanquin was mandatory or permanent figure
here it is in patta chitra painting https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1099762286149885952?s=20
in marriages or weddings most decorated item was Palanquin, it was prevalent all over across country with different shape & designs
sitting in this with bridegroom is childhood memory of many, since they were BalSakha of groom? https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1278284927079874562?s=20
one such palanquin i found in museum as a show piece of rich craft of clay modeling that our potters used to make toy & decorative items https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1307361413782884354?s=20
palanquin were of many shapes too & changes as per use? if royal ladies visiting then it is different, if royal or noble men travelled then it's open type
in films & TV serials too they were shown https://twitter.com/kamlesm/status/1082002641549324288?s=20
https://twitter.com/hemantsarin/status/1166361741565059073?s=20
Size and shape of Palanquin changes as per the user & his or her preferences
painting from http://columbia.edu 
palanquin in museum exhibit
Dr Bhau Daji Lad City Museum?
British officer in palanquin with Indian bearers c.1830. Watercolor, Unsigned
officer reading book in palanquin carried by 6 native bearers with spears & 4 guards
The Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library via victorianweb

i doubt if its possible?
Palanquin, in traditional wedding, seems south india, bearers carry, while devdasi or nautch or dance party proceeds, such visuals were status symbol of that time, specially weddings, where to show off many such Extravaganza took place
Palanquin at Mehrangarh fort Jodhpur
it depicts choice, status of royalties of that time
seems of Gold?
Palanquin are used in many rituals or ceremonial rituals held at temples too
this from Bhadrachalam Narasimha Temple as per wiki link

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Palanquin_for_ceremonial_rituals_at_Bhadrachalam_Narasimha_Temple.jpg
Palanquin has sad/cruel story too to tell?
1540AD Portuguese illustration from Códice Casanatense, depicting a Portuguese woman on a palanquin, along with her retinue
inscription reads: Honoured Portuguese people of India??

http://opac.casanatense.it/Record.htm?Record=19922910124917401929
here it is titled as "palanquin in Calcutta. The missionaries usual method of travel around the country"

nothing new for that time? everyone used so did missionaries?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_palanquin_in_Calcutta.jpg
A Nabab in his palanquin, from 'Voyage aux Index orientales' by Pierre Sonnerat, Paris, 1782
above in a tweet british officer was reading a book, here nawab is smoking hookah?
via http://columbia.edu 
A sedan chair or palanquin as used in Suratte, India," an engraving from 'Description of Arabia' by Carsten Niebuhr, 1776
it is Surat Gujarat referred here?
shape & style changes as per use?
in hilly regions palanquin is of diff shape?
as this from "Mr. and Mrs. Beck, Mussoorie, 1876"
via http://columbia.edu  it cited source as ebay?
in hill regions British established their quarters for summer? for transportation this type of seat or palanquin is used
its wooden chair carried by bearers
http://columbia.edu 
1.1880s photo
2.1901 from Darjeeling
in hill regions British established their quarters for summer? for transportation this type of seat or palanquin is usedits wooden chair carried by bearers http://columbia.edu 1.1880s photo2.1901 from Darjeeling
in hill regions British established their quarters for summer? for transportation this type of seat or palanquin is usedits wooden chair carried by bearers http://columbia.edu 1.1880s photo2.1901 from Darjeeling
Padre Being Carried in a palanquin?

19th century Sedan, Goa
pic from http://kamat.com 
Mughal emperor's ceremonial procession on Id
painting possibly by Mazhar Ali Khan & dated 1840, during reign of Bahadur Shah II (r.1838-1858)
shows an empty covered sedan Palanquin for queen/ ladies of 1st rank

carried by 9 men, 3 attendants @V_and_A
Palanquin, a british lady
from Chronicles of Major General Sir Charles Dalton_in India
reminds of visit of Malika Kaushar to London. elaborate arrangements were made so that she could visit in veil

Palanquin
costumes customs castes of India by Jairam Das of Patna, ca.1818 @RAS_Soc
Lt Col Carlo Joseph Dyle 15-3-1834 presented to Royal Asiatic Society
Palanquin Bearers - an oil painting on paper circa 19th Century by an unknown artist of Jodhpur court

http://123rf.com/photo_143631469_palanquin-bearers-an-oil-painting-on-paper-circa-19th-century-by-an-unknown-artist-of-jodhpur-court-.html
this image is similar to one previous tweet on Queen of Awadh on visit to London?
very similar theme
palanquin waiting for lady to board, covered rom all sides
mica company school painting from ebay

http://ebay.com/itm/Company-School-19th-century-Indian-Mica-Painting-Gouache-Closed-Palanquin-Bearer-/283755275712
painting depicts closed palanquin, with 6 carriers, accompanied by a pitara -carrier & a headman.

Painting- gouache on mica, Trichinopoly, ca.1860
company painting at @V_and_A
it seems down south too they used closed palanquin?
military officer being carried in a box palanquin by 4 bearers preceded by a spearman & followed by a pitara carrier & torch-bearer, with oil flask, 10 servants
painting made in 1860 at Patna, gouache on mica

can it be termed as Patna Kalam?
sometimes creativity of Artists amazes me
Krishna on Palanquin, formed by women, carried by women,
company painting Trichinopoly, mid19th CE
Gouacha on mica

lot231 at @OlympiaAuctions it says this from @V_and_A but not able to find link?
palanquin changed shape & size as per preferences of patrons
here is more stylized into a chair, but carried by bearers
painting from Benares dtd ca.1860
gouache on mica, company school painting
@V_and_A
Chandol-palanquin? never heard?
Benares, 1870, Gouache on mica painting
company painting
@V_and_A gives this description: One of 40 paintings illustrating modes of transport, occupations, entertainers, ascetics & Muharram subjects

note dragon head? either noble lady or courtesan
another from Benares
painting of Palanquin 1860, Gouache on mica from @V_and_A museum
covered from all side by purdah, indicates some lady traveling, bearers, a lady with pot & a banghy-wallah? what you call it now?
Palanquin Finials with Lotuses
ca.1650–80
Gilded copper ?Deccan, Golconda not clear?
were made to adorn poles of palanquin
so beautifully made look like pieces of #jewelry #jewellery
lotus pods & flower & scrolling vines
i had written earlier how crafts evolved?
@metmuseum
Palanquin Finials with Lotusesca.1650–80Gilded copper ?Deccan, Golconda not clear?were made to adorn poles of palanquinso beautifully made look like pieces of #jewelry #jewellerylotus pods & flower & scrolling vinesi had written earlier how crafts evolved? @metmuseum
Palanquin Finials with Lotusesca.1650–80Gilded copper ?Deccan, Golconda not clear?were made to adorn poles of palanquinso beautifully made look like pieces of #jewelry #jewellerylotus pods & flower & scrolling vinesi had written earlier how crafts evolved? @metmuseum
can you believe? these are accessory of palanquin, dazzling my eyes!
gilded copper but seems like glittering GOLD to me
@metmuseum describes "Copper; cast, pierced, chased, &gilded" for medium & process involved to make them?
but i hav to focus on beauty
imagine palanquin?
can't blink eyes for a second?
dazzling!
great artists 🙏 of our Bharat
never left anything less than perfect? each & every inch is full of craft creativity Art perfection
result of Devotion
palanquin finials? from @metmuseum
anyone can miss them for #jewelry #jewellery
can't blink eyes for a second?dazzling!great artists of our Bharatnever left anything less than perfect? each & every inch is full of craft creativity Art perfectionresult of Devotionpalanquin finials? from @metmuseum anyone can miss them for #jewelry #jewellery
can't blink eyes for a second?dazzling!great artists of our Bharatnever left anything less than perfect? each & every inch is full of craft creativity Art perfectionresult of Devotionpalanquin finials? from @metmuseum anyone can miss them for #jewelry #jewellery
can't blink eyes for a second?dazzling!great artists of our Bharatnever left anything less than perfect? each & every inch is full of craft creativity Art perfectionresult of Devotionpalanquin finials? from @metmuseum anyone can miss them for #jewelry #jewellery
i think @AmitGuha2020 has shared this tweet fit for this thread on Palanquin https://twitter.com/AmitGuha2020/status/1342077596570423296?s=20
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