Textile Stamps
Place made:Iran
General region:Asia
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wood
Dimensions:
A: 6 × 4 1/2 × 2 in. (15.2 × 11.4 × 5.1 cm)
B: 3 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (9.5 × 9.5 × 5.7 cm)
C: 3 1/2 × 3 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (8.9 × 9.8 × 5.7 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Object number: 96.1.211.a-c
Provenance: Frances Semaan Wilkins (1916-1999) and Frederick J. Wilkins (1916-2004), San Antonio, by 1994; Frances Semaan Wilkins and Frederick J. Wilkins, by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1996
Label Text
These blocks were used to hand stamp artificial and loose-weave silk, mainly headscarves for Bedouin, peasant, and provincial women. The material is treated with lime, placed in an aniline solution, and then printed with lime resist which leaves the desired area to be printed undyed. After a series of chemical treatments and rinses, the material is taken to the printer and stamped with color.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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