Textile fragment with medallions
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with medallions
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Associated place
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Date
probably 18th century (1701 - 1800) -
Material and technique
cotton, block-printed with mordant, and dyed red and brown
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
15 x 13.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 11 / 10 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.
EA1990.891
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Catalogue text
Two medallions, both outlined in brown on a white ground; one is red with white dots, the other is white with a red centre. In addition there is a red band with white dots, and a white band with red dots. The pattern is identical to Cat. no. 884 [EA1990.890].
The fragment is in very poor condition, and the design can only partly be read. The reverse shows little dye saturation. The similarity to the previous textile [EA1990.890], both in technical details and in design, suggest that both were part of the same fabric.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. 885 on p. 260 (vol. ii), vol. ii p. 260, vol. ii p. 260 fig. 885
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