Printed Cotton
1700-1799 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This block-printed cotton was found in a gravesite in Akmihn, Egypt. Such textiles were produced in India for a wide-spread export market. They illustrate the Indian technique of cotton dyeing which influenced and came to transform cloth dyeing in Europe in the late 17th century.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Block printed cotton |
| Brief description | block, probably 1700-1799, North Indian |
| Physical description | Probably printed with an alum mordant before being printed with red; the purple may have been produced by adjusting a combination of the same mordant and dyes to give a different shade. The yellow would have been painted on. |
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| Object history | Purchased from the Reverend Greville John Chester |
| Association | |
| Summary | This block-printed cotton was found in a gravesite in Akmihn, Egypt. Such textiles were produced in India for a wide-spread export market. They illustrate the Indian technique of cotton dyeing which influenced and came to transform cloth dyeing in Europe in the late 17th century. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1337-1888 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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