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Textile fragment with rosettes set into linked stars

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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 large fragment has border bands of small and large rosettes, as well as a tear-drop edge. The main design field has rosettes set into linked stars. The design is mainly white on a red ground.

    The large, continuous star design is similar to tile arrangements. Two selvedges, with blue stitching along one. As both selvedges remain, the width of the fabric set up on the loom can be determined. The reverse shows less dye saturation than the surface. [Vol. i p. 67 states that a similar design is suggested by Pfister to be Near Eastern; however, this fragment is from Gujarat.]

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