- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Textile printing block. [EH [OPS Move] 14/7/2017]
- Long description
- Textile printing block. Roughly rectangular, carved on one face with a pattern of a flower, paisley leaf and frondlike curves between. Unstained rectangular section on the underside where a handhold has previously been attached. [EH [OPS Move] 14/7/2017]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1991
- Date collected
- By 1991
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 04/07/1991
- Materials and processes
- Material Teak Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Stained
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 35 mm, Width: max 140 mm, Length: max 170 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1991.17.1
Search terms: Textile, Tool, Printing Block
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