A material record / Fruit
Pomegranate
A leathery-skinned fruit packed with jewel-like seeds, grown and painted since antiquity.
01 / Origin
Where it comes from.
The pomegranate is native to the region from Iran to the Himalayas of northern India, and has been cultivated since ancient times across the Mediterranean regions of Asia, Africa and Europe. It appears in Egyptian mythology and art and is praised in the Old Testament.
It reached central and southern India from Iran around the first century AD, and Spanish settlers introduced it to California in 1769. The fruit ripens six to seven months after flowering, and in the United States it is popular for harvest-time decoration.
02 / Colour
The colours it gives.
Sampled from the material, at the numbered points.
Each seed is wrapped in a glossy, translucent pulp that can be red, pink or almost white, set in pale membranes inside a dark red rind.
- 01Membrane
#EBCEA9 - 02Aril
#B62F2E - 03Rind
#701A1C
Care
Pomegranate juice stains linen and stone, so set split fruit on a plate or leaf rather than straight onto a cloth.