Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt: The Newberry Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
A catalogue of Newberry's block-printed textiles by Ruth Barnes (published Oxford, 1997).
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Textile fragment with tendrils, a half-medallion, and rosettes
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Literature notes
A wide band entirely filled with tendrils; a half-medallion with a beaded frame contains half a flower-head, the pattern is white on a red ground. A narrow band with crossed tendrils and small rosettes, white on a brown ground and with a border of small dots. The fragment's design is identical to Cat. no. 611 [EA1990.618].
The fragment has been folded into a rectangle, and two of the edges have remains of stitching. One long side may have a selvedge. The reverse is less saturated with dye than the surface. It is almost certain that the fragment was part of the same fabric as Cat. no. 611 [EA1990.618]. -
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- Associated place
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Asia › India › west India › Gujarat (place of creation)
- Date
- 2nd half of the 10th century - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- cotton, block-printed with mordant, and dyed red and brown; with remains of stitching, possibly in silk
- Dimensions
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17 x 8 cm (length x width)
16 / 17 threads/cm (thread count)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk
- Technique index
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,dyed › mordant dyed,coloured › dyed › mordant dyed,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1990.620
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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. 613 on p. 181 (vol. ii), vol. ii p. 180, illus. vol. ii p. 181 fig. 613
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt: The Newberry Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
A wide band entirely filled with tendrils; a half-medallion with a beaded frame contains half a flower-head, the pattern is white on a red ground. A narrow band with crossed tendrils and small rosettes, white on a brown ground and with a border of small dots. The fragment's design is identical to Cat. no. 611 [EA1990.618].
The fragment has been folded into a rectangle, and two of the edges have remains of stitching. One long side may have a selvedge. The reverse is less saturated with dye than the surface. It is almost certain that the fragment was part of the same fabric as Cat. no. 611 [EA1990.618].
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