Block-printed export textile

Details

• Title

  Block-printed export textile

• Associated place

  Asia › India › west India › Gujarat (place of creation)

• Date

  18th century (1701 - 1800)

• Material and technique

  cotton, with block-printed mordants, dyed red and hand-painted blue

• Object type

  textile

• Dimensions

  226 x 100 cm (warp x weft)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of an anonymous benefactor and the Eric North Bequest Fund, 1997.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1997.23

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