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 star, chevrons, and flowers
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Literature notes
A large star contains two progressively smaller stars. The triangular sections are outlined with chevrons and filled with flowers.The design is defined by brown outlines on the natural cotton, which is very yellow. In addition there is a faint red design, possibly of flowers.
Two carefully sewn, straight seams hold together three pieces of fabric. They were probably sewn together prior to printing. The centre piece is only 13.5 cm. wide. The two outer fragments both have a selvedge at the seam. The reverse shows much less dye saturation than the surface. The textile is not likely to be of Indian origin. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 2nd half of the 10th century - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- three pieces of cotton, joined with seams in flax; block-printed with mordant, and dyed red and brown
- Dimensions
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42 x 28.5 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric 1 16 / 12 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 2 (centre), along length/width 13 / 13 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 3 16 / 13 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 2 (centre) 13.5 cm (width)
- 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.
- EA1990.1189
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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. 1185 on pp. 357-358 (vol. ii), illus. vol. ii p. 357 fig. 1185
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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 star contains two progressively smaller stars. The triangular sections are outlined with chevrons and filled with flowers.The design is defined by brown outlines on the natural cotton, which is very yellow. In addition there is a faint red design, possibly of flowers.
Two carefully sewn, straight seams hold together three pieces of fabric. They were probably sewn together prior to printing. The centre piece is only 13.5 cm. wide. The two outer fragments both have a selvedge at the seam. The reverse shows much less dye saturation than the surface. The textile is not likely to be of Indian origin.
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