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Cover illustration: Kalamkari Hanging with Figures in an Architectural Setting, ca. 1640–50, The Metropolitan Museum, New York, nos. MMA 20.79. URL:
The figures in this cotton panel were once part of a larger hanging of men and women displayed in Armenian, Indian, Persian and European fashion, originating in the Deccan. They were likely produced either for the Golcondan court or by consumers for circulation and display in India or Europe. They are a striking example of the confluence of cosmopolitan cultural expression prevalent in the Deccan at the time.
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Names: Pettigrew, William A. (William Andrew), 1978- editor. | Veevers, David, editor.
Title: The corporation as a protagonist in global history, c. 1550-1750 / edited by William A. Pettigrew and David Veevers.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] | Series: Global economic history series, ISSN 1872-5155 ; volume 16 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018047337 | ISBN 9789004387812 (hbk : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Corporations–History. | International trade–History. | International relations–History.
Classification: LCC HD2721 .C58 2019 | DDC 382.09/03–dc23
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