textile, banner, tent-hanging, curtain
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Object type
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No. of items
1
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1990.181
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Catalogue text
A tab filled with an ornate, symmetrical plant, with tendrils, leaves, and flower heads seen in side-view. The centres of flowers are mostly a light blue. The resist defines the design, the background is blue.
Selvedge at the top. Remains of stitching that follows the outline of the tab indicates that there was a hem, and probably a seam to fasten the tab to a larger textile. One side retains the hem.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. 173 on p. 48 (vol. ii), vol. ii p. 319, vol. ii p. 48 fig. 173
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