Textile fragment with interlocking spirals

Textile fragment with interlocking spirals (EA1990.305, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with interlocking spirals
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Gujarat (place of creation)
Date

13th - 14th century (1201 - 1400)
Material and technique

cotton, block-printed with resist, and mordant-dyed red and probably brown
Material index

cotton
Technique index

plain woven;

relief print;

resist dyed;

mordant dyed
Object type

textile
Dimensions

14 / 13 threads/cm (thread count)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1990.305

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Catalogue text

The large fragment has a continuous pattern of interlocking spirals, identical to Cat. no. 288 [EA1990.297], as well as a border with bands of chevrons.

C-14 analysis dates the textile to 1255 CE +/- 55. Selvedge. The reverse shows more dye saturation than the surface. The main design field is dyed red only, but two of the narrow border bands were apparently dyed brown.

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. 296 on p. 88 (vol. ii), vol. ii pp. 86-89 & 150-151, vol. ii p. 88 fig. 296 & vol. i pl. 14

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