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Textile fragment with flowers and Arabic inscription

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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

    A continuous field of small and large, red flowers supported by fine, brown curving stems and leaves on a white background; in addition there is a wide border with two bands of curving leaves on either side of a band with white medallions on a red ground. The medallions contain an Arabic inscription; for its translation see the previous textile [EA1990.871], which is altogether identical in design.

    The reverse shows less dye saturation than the surface. The fragment is identical in design and technical details to Cat. no. 865 [EA1990.871], and both were certainly part of the same fabric.

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