Textile fragment with serrated crosses
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with serrated crosses
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Associated place
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Date
13th - 14th century (1201 - 1400) -
Material and technique
three pieces of cotton, block-printed with resist, and dyed blue; joined with open seams in flax; with remains of stitching 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
19 x 17.5 cm max. (warp x weft)
ground fabric 1 20 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 2 22 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 3 18 / 19 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.
EA1990.43
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Catalogue text
Four-pointed snowflake pattern, with small crosses in between. The space between the motif alternates between light and dark blue. The resist defines the pattern, although the blue areas could also be seen as stylized motifs against a light ground.
Selvedge, two open seams parallel to it. Further evidence of stitching.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. 35 on p. 10 (vol. ii), vol. ii pp. 10-11, 146, 152, 154, 160, & 165, vol. ii p. 10 fig. 35
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