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Textile fragment with wing-shaped flowers or vases, tendrils, and rosettes

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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

    Ornate, wing-shaped flowers or vases, filled with tendrils and small rosettes; the space between them is entirely filled with tendrils and very small rosettes. The pattern is defined by white lines against a red background. An additional fragment has red dots against a blue background and remains of a border band.

    Three pieces are sewn together: two have the identical, floral design, the third is different in design, thread-count, and dye technique. It is both mordant- and resist-dyed, including the use of indigo.

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