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Textile fragment with spirals in braided tear-drops
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- Date
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2nd half of the 10th century - 15th century AD
Mamluk Period (1250 - 1517)
- Material and technique
- cotton, block-printed, and applied with grey; with stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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15.5 x 41.5 cm (warp x weft)
13 / 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.
- EA1990.443.b
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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. 436 on p. 129 (vol. ii), vol. ii pp. 129-130, illus. vol. ii p. 129 fig. 436
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
Rows of spirals framed by braided tear-drop shapes, with a trefoil at the top and two small fish on either side, as in Cat. no. 435 [EA1990.442]. The pattern is grey against a light ground.
Selvedge and stitching. In conservation the fragment was discovered to have two pieces which are not connected, but it is very likely that they were once joined; the measurements are: a) warp 15 cm., weft 28 cm.; b) warp 15.5 cm., weft 13.5 cm. The textile is badly soiled. The reverse shows less dye saturation than the surface.
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