Textile fragment with palm tree, floral patterns, and a pavilion
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with palm tree, floral patterns, and a pavilion
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Associated place
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Date
probably 18th century (1701 - 1800) -
Material and technique
two pieces of cotton, block-printed, and applied with grey; joined with a seam in flax
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
13.5 x 14.5 cm max. (warp x weft)
ground fabric 1 13 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 2 14 / 14 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.
EA1990.452
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Catalogue text
A palm tree framed by two tendrils, a pavillion, and additional floral patterns, as in Cat. no. 444 [EA1990.451].
The fragment is sewn together from two pieces; one has a selvedge at right angles to the seam. The pattern at the seam is not matched. This textile was part of the same fabric as Cat. no. 444 [EA1990.451], as is indicated by the similarities of design and technical details.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. 445 on p. 131 (vol. ii), vol. ii p. 131 fig. 445
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