Textile fragment, possibly with medallions and cartouches
Details
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Title
Textile fragment, possibly with medallions and cartouches
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Associated place
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Date
2nd half of the 10th century - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
cotton, block-printed with mordant, dyed brown and red, and resist-dyed blue
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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 15 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 15 / 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.
EA1990.1016
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Catalogue text
The design is very unclear, as the fragment is badly stained. There seem to be medallions with floral and interlace elaborations, as well as some small cartouches. The designs are outlined in dark brown and partly filled with red. Much of the background seems to be blue.
The condition of the fragment makes it difficult to come to conclusions about the dye application. However, the dark brown, very fine outlines of the pattern are more prominent on the surface than on 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. 1009 on p. 299 (vol. ii), vol. ii p. 299 fig. 1009
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