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Textile fragment with circles and petals

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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

    The main design field has fragments of three large circles, each with twelve-petalled rosettes in the centre and petals as a frame; in addition there is a small, six-spoked spiral. Next to this are two bands with beaded edges, one with linked, beaded circles and a rosette at the centre of each, the other with linked diamond shapes. The design of the main field is white against a red ground, while the bands are red against white.

    Stitching. The reverse shows more dye saturation than the surface.

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