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Textile fragment with dots, Z-shapes, and stars

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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

    Small dots arranged in bands of geometric designs. A wide band of large z-shapes alternating with stars has narrow bands with dot design on either side. At a right angle to this are narrow bands of stars, zigzag, and very small ?floral shapes. The resist defines the design, the background is blue.

    Two run-and-fell seams at right angle to each other, one following the selvedge. The resist may have been applied by hand. [The two smaller fragments have a thread count of 17x17 and 12x16; see sketch on conservation card.]

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