id:			111339
accession number:	1929.845
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.845
updated:		2022-01-04 15:09:02.213000

Fragment of a wood-block print on linen, 1200s - 1300s. Egypt, Mamluk period, 1200s-1300s. Block printing on linen tabby ground; overall: 15.3 x 17.2 cm (6 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.845

title:				Fragment of a wood-block print on linen
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creation date:			1200s - 1300s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1399
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Mamluk period, 1200s-1300s
technique:	block printing on linen tabby ground
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 15.3 x 17.2 cm (6 x 6 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Techniques of Textile Printing
	opening date:   1948-10-11T04:00:00
	<i>Techniques of Textile Printing</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 11, 1948-May 29, 1949).

	title:		Design in Printed Textiles
	opening date:   1961-04-04T04:00:00
	<i>Design in Printed Textiles</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 4-September 3, 1961).

	title:		Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
	opening date:   1991-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
The Indian technique of patterning a textile by printing with wooden blocks 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. The break in the bodies of two of the fish reveals that two blocks were used to print each fish.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pfister, Rudolph. Les toiles imprimees de Fostat et l'Hindoustan (Paris, 1938), p. 75, pl. XXIXc.
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	CMA Handbook (1978) p. 270; (1991) p. 48.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 270
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n290

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