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Textile fragment with rosettes, arches, stylized trees or flowers, and 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

    Two wide bands of rosettes and lines of dots, arranged at right angles to each other; the rosettes are very ornate and vary in composition. In addition there are two narrow bands of dots, as well as a row of arches filled with stylized plants, each arch separated by a tree or column. A third wide band has a row of stylized trees or flowers alternating with symmetrical leaf shapes supported by a beaded stem. The resist defines the design, the background is blue.

    The centres of rosettes and trees are light blue. There is a selvedge and the remains of some stitching. Also published in Barnes 1992b: 11.

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