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Fragment

1200s–1300s
(1250–1517)
Block printing on plain weave cotton ground
Overall: 16.5 x 17.8 cm (6 1/2 x 7 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.845
Location: not on view
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The break in the bodies of two of the fish reveals that two blocks were used to print each fish.

Description

The Indian technique of patterning a textile by printing with carved woodblocks came to the Mamluk world as a result of trade with India. At Fustat, outside of Cairo, numerous fragments of Indian and Mamluk printed textiles have been found. Fish, repeated to form the entire design of this textile, were an indigenous Egyptian motif.
Fragment

Fragment

1200s–1300s

Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517)

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