Textile fragment with geometric design
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with geometric design
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Associated place
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Date
early 20th century -
Material and technique
cotton, printed and applied with grey and dyed red; with stitching, probably sewn by machine, in cotton
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
27 x 20 cm (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 22 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
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1990.1205
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Catalogue text
Geometric, angular design in red and grey.
Two parallel, straight rows of stitching, probably sewn by machine. The reverse shows less dye saturation than the surface. The design is early 20th century.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. 1201 on p. 363 (vol. ii), vol. ii p. 363 fig. 1201
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