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 flowers and Arabic inscription
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Literature notes
A large corner with a band showing an inscription in white medallions against a red ground. On either side of the band is a white border band with red flowers and single leaves, all with purple outlines. Beyond these bands is the beginning of a main field, filled with red flowers and purple tendrils on a white ground.
Selvedge. The reverse shows less dye saturation than the surface. The Arabic inscription reads: 'He who does not consider the consequences [of his action] is not in control of his destiny'. Either 18th or early 19th century, probably not Indian. -
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- Date
- 18th century (1701 - 1800)
- Material and technique
- cotton, block-printed with mordant, and dyed red and dark-brown or purple
- Dimensions
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47 x 41 cm max. (warp x weft)
19 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
- 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.
- EA1990.871
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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. 865 on p. 254 (vol. ii), illus. vol. ii p. 254 fig. 865
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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 large corner with a band showing an inscription in white medallions against a red ground. On either side of the band is a white border band with red flowers and single leaves, all with purple outlines. Beyond these bands is the beginning of a main field, filled with red flowers and purple tendrils on a white ground.
Selvedge. The reverse shows less dye saturation than the surface. The Arabic inscription reads: 'He who does not consider the consequences [of his action] is not in control of his destiny'. Either 18th or early 19th century, probably not Indian.
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