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Textile fragment with stylized leaves

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    • currently in research collection

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  • Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt: The Newberry Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

    Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt: The Newberry Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

    The fragment is sewn together from five pieces: (a) is a blue band with single red leaves and circles containing rosettes, like Cat. no. 1123 [EA1990.1130]; (b) and (c) form a band with the pattern of large, stylized leaves related to Cat. no. 1119 [EA1990.1128]; (d) and (e) are are a solid red border sewn to the bottom of the band of leaves. The large leaves are red and have white and light blue details, against a dark blue background. The background is filled with white tendrils.

    Fragments (a), (d), and (e) have a selvedge. The measurements of the fragments are: (a) warp 26 cm., weft 10 cm.; (b) and (c): 48 cm. x 20 cm.; (d) and (e): warp 48.5 cm., weft 4.5 cm. While white flax is used in the seams that connect (b), (c), (d), and (e), black cotton thread connects (a) with (b) and (c_. The reverse shows more dye saturation than the surface.

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