Textile Fragment
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This block-printed, cotton textile fragment features a repeated stylized tendril pattern on a radiant brown-red background. The textile’s block-printed technique is revealed which can be seen from the vertical lines which divide the fragment into three sections. Dated to the fourteenth to fifteenth century, this fragment’s vibrancy of dye alludes to the demand and way in which Gujarati textiles were recognized as popular commodities traded across the Indian Ocean. Found in Fustat, Egypt (Old Cairo), this textile sheds light on the maritime trade of textiles between North Africa and Western India during this period.
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