Two textile fragments with rosettes, lobed squares, and dots
Details
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Title
Two textile fragments with rosettes, lobed squares, and dots
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Associated place
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Date
2nd half of the 10th century - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
cotton, block-printed with resist, and dyed blue
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
main piece 27 x 21.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 23 threads/cm (thread count)
separated piece 3.5 x 3.5 cm max. (length x width) -
No. of items
2
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Credit line
Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1990.81
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Catalogue text
Two wide bands and two narrow bands, with pattern and arrangement identical to Cat. no. 72 [EA1990.80]. The wide bands have eight-petalled rosettes with a dot at the centre, lobed squares, and small, single dots; the narrow bands have a running vine with separate leaves. The resist defines the design, the background is blue.
A very small fragment has separated from the main fabric. It measures 3.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.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. 73 on p. 20 (vol. ii), vol. ii p. 20 fig. 73
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