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Textile fragment with stylized trees and three-layered 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

    Bands at right angles to each other; one with stylized trees, as in Cat. no. 353 [EA1990.360], the other with three-layered rosettes interspersed with small, six-petalled rosettes, and additional narrow bands with rows of dots, stars, and stylized leaves. In general, the design is red against a light ground, although most of the narrow bands reverse the order.

    Selvedge, some stitching. Red is added as a filler in some parts, probably applied by hand. The reverse is very slightly less precise in outline than the surface, possibly indicating the use of resist and mordant immersion.

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