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 stalk, leaves, and Persian-style script
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Literature notes
A wide design area shows a large, continuous and undulating plant stalk, with leaves emerging on one side only, but with small shoots on both sides; this is set against a background with a small abstract pattern. In addition there are two border bands at right angles to each other, with stars and cartouches containing script imitation derived from Persian. The pattern is red against a white ground.
Selvedge. The block size for the continuous design is 11 cm. x 8 cm., for the border band 14 cm. x 4 cm. The reverse shows less dye saturation than the surface. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (possible place of creation)
- Date
- 2nd half of the 10th century - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- cotton, block-printed with mordant, and dyed red
- Dimensions
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42 x 25.5 cm max. (warp x weft)
19 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
block (main field) 11 x 8 cm estimated (length x width)
block (border) 14 x 4 cm estimated (length x width)
- Material index
- Technique index
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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,coloured › dyed › mordant dyed,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1990.435
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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. 428 on p. 127 (vol. ii), illus. vol. ii p. 127 fig. 428
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 design area shows a large, continuous and undulating plant stalk, with leaves emerging on one side only, but with small shoots on both sides; this is set against a background with a small abstract pattern. In addition there are two border bands at right angles to each other, with stars and cartouches containing script imitation derived from Persian. The pattern is red against a white ground.
Selvedge. The block size for the continuous design is 11 cm. x 8 cm., for the border band 14 cm. x 4 cm. The reverse shows less dye saturation than the surface.
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