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Newberry Collection

Explore Percy and Essie Newberry's important collection of textiles including Islamic embroideries and Indian block-printed fragments.

Detail of block-printed textile fragment with band of rosettes and flowers, Gujarat, 1250-1350 (Museum No: EA1990.140)

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Textile fragment with stylized trees and bunches of fruit

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    • First floor | Room 28 | Asian Crossroads

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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

    Continuous design field of stylized trees, similar to Cat. no. 1121 [EA1990.1128] but with the addition of pearl-border surrounds. The plants are red with white and light blue details, the background is blue and filled with additional white tendrils and bunches of fruit.

    The reverse shows more dye saturation than the surface. The resist has been drawn by hand. There are remains of blue stitching. The dye analysis has shown that the colorant for red was morindone, from a variety of morinda root, and the colorant for blue was indigotin, probably from a variety of indigo plant. This may be compared to Cat. no. 1113 [EA1990.1120], where the colorant for red was alizarin with purpurin, from Rubia tinctorum L.

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