Textile fragment with medallions and dotted tendrils
Details
-
Title
Textile fragment with medallions and dotted tendrils
-
Associated place
-
Date
2nd half of the 10th century - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
cotton, block-printed with mordant, and dyed red and brown, with traces of blue
-
Material index
-
Technique index
-
Object type
-
Dimensions
22 x 19.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count) -
No. of items
1
-
Credit line
Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
-
Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1990.776
Our online collection is being continually updated. Find out more
-
Catalogue text
Large, undulating tendrils, white with brown outlines and dots inside, surround drop-shaped red medallions and floral shapes. The medallions are filled with a white vegetal interlace; the background is white. The traces of blue follow no particular shape.
The reverse shows less dye saturation for both red and brown, but there is more evidence of blue than on the surface.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. 769 on p. 226 (vol. ii), vol. ii p. 226 fig. 769
Reference URL
