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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).

Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt: The Newberry Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Textile fragment with rosettes and grid of four-pointed shapes

  • Literature notes

    Small dots form wavy lines, parallel and at right angles to each other, creating a grid of identical, four-pointed shapes, each with a very small rosette at the centre. A border band at one end has (?)floral designs. The resist defines the design, the background is blue.

    The border design in particular is unusual for the Indian fragments. Also unique is the s-twist of the woven threads; it is doubtful, therefore, that the textile was made in India. There is no evidence of the use of a block. The resist may have been applied by hand.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Africa Egypt (find spot)
    AfricaEgyptCairoCairo Fustat (possible find spot)
    Asia India (place of creation)
    Date
    2nd half of the 10th century - 15th century AD
    Material and technique
    cotton, applied with resist (probably by hand), and dyed blue
    Dimensions
    39.5 x 18 cm max. (length x width)
    along length/width 15 / 12 threads/cm (thread count)
    Material index
    organicvegetalfibre cotton,
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
    Accession no.
    EA1990.68
  • 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. 60 on p. 16 (vol. ii), illus. vol. ii p. 16 fig. 60

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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 form wavy lines, parallel and at right angles to each other, creating a grid of identical, four-pointed shapes, each with a very small rosette at the centre. A border band at one end has (?)floral designs. The resist defines the design, the background is blue.

    The border design in particular is unusual for the Indian fragments. Also unique is the s-twist of the woven threads; it is doubtful, therefore, that the textile was made in India. There is no evidence of the use of a block. The resist may have been applied by hand.
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