Textile fragment with linked rosettes
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Title
Textile fragment with linked rosettes
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Associated place
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Date
2nd half of the 10th century - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
two pieces of cotton, probably block-printed with mordant, and dyed red; joined with a flat seam in flax; remains of a cotton patch; with additional stitching in flax
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Object type
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Dimensions
31.5 x 22 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric 1, along length/width 14 / 15 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 2, along length/width 16 / 14 threads/cm (thread count) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
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Museum location
not on display
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1990.282
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Catalogue text
Continuous pattern of red, six-petalled rosettes; the petals are linked. The background is white.
Two fragments are sewn together with a flat seam; there is additional stitching and remains of a cotton patch on the reverse. The pattern is equally precise on front and reverse. As there is no trace of red on the white background, it is likely that the mordant was stamped.In: Barnes, Ruth, Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt: The Newberry Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997)
Further reading
Barnes, Ruth, Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt: The Newberry Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997), no. 273 on p. 82 (vol. ii), vol. ii p. 82 fig. 273
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