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Textile fragment with spirals in braided frames
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 13th - 14th century (1201 - 1400)
- Material and technique
- cotton, block-printed, and applied with grey; with remains of stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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15 x 41.5 cm max. (warp x weft)
14 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1990.442
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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. 435 on p. 128 (vol. ii), vol. ii p. 129, illus. vol. ii p. 128 fig. 435
Location
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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
Spirals set into a tear-shaped, braided frame with trefoil peaks and a small fish on either side. Two additional squares with nine small squares inside. The pattern is grey against a light background.
Selvedge, and remains of stitching opposite the selvedge. The fragment is badly discoloured. It is Near Eastern in origin.
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