Textile fragment with bands of flowers

Textile fragment with bands of flowers (EA1990.384, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with bands of flowers
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

France (possible) (possible place of creation)

India (possible) (possible place of creation)
Date

probably 18th century (1701 - 1800)
Material and technique

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

cotton
Technique index

plain woven;

relief print;

mordant dyed
Object type

textile
Dimensions

24.5 x 23 cm max. (warp x weft)
13 / 12 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.

EA1990.384

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Catalogue text

Narrow bands alternating between red and natural beige, the latter with a row of red flowers, similar to Cat. no. 381 [EA1990.383]. However, here the red bands are solid and have no floral ornament.

Selvedge. The dye does not saturate the reverse.

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. 382 on p. 113 (vol. ii), vol. ii p. 113 fig. 382

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