Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt: The Newberry Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
A catalogue of Newberry's block-printed textiles by Ruth Barnes (published Oxford, 1997).
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Textile fragment with hearts or leaves
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Literature notes
Bands of varying widths, with heart or leaf shapes with beaded surrounds, linked diamond shapes, and stylized bodhi tree leaves, identical to Cat. no. 333 [EA1990.341]. The design is defined by white outlines against a red background and with red filling.
Selvedge with remains of coarse thread, originally part of a seam that was sewn prior to dyeing the fabric, as the thread is partially red. Additional stitches at right angles to the selvedge. These details are identical to Cat. no. 333 [EA1990.341]; it is likely that the two fragments were part of one textile. The reverse is heavily saturated with dye. The dye analysis has shown that the colorant used was alizarin with purpurin, the source of which was Rubia tinctorum L. -
Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › west India › Gujarat (place of creation)
- Date
- 2nd half of the 10th century - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- cotton, block-printed with resist, and mordant-dyed red; with remains of a seam in coarse white cotton with traces of red dye, and additional stitching in white flax
- Dimensions
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26.5 x 14 cm (warp x weft)
14 / 13 threads/cm (thread count)
- Material index
- Technique index
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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1990.342
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth, Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt: The Newberry Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997), no. 334 on p. 99 (vol. ii), vol. ii p. 333, illus. vol. ii p. 99 fig. 334
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt: The Newberry Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Bands of varying widths, with heart or leaf shapes with beaded surrounds, linked diamond shapes, and stylized bodhi tree leaves, identical to Cat. no. 333 [EA1990.341]. The design is defined by white outlines against a red background and with red filling.
Selvedge with remains of coarse thread, originally part of a seam that was sewn prior to dyeing the fabric, as the thread is partially red. Additional stitches at right angles to the selvedge. These details are identical to Cat. no. 333 [EA1990.341]; it is likely that the two fragments were part of one textile. The reverse is heavily saturated with dye. The dye analysis has shown that the colorant used was alizarin with purpurin, the source of which was Rubia tinctorum L.
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