Textile fragment with medallion
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with medallion
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Associated place
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Date
15th - 17th century (1401 - 1700) -
Material and technique
cotton, dyed blue, with white cotton appliqué; with stitching in cotton
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
55.5 x 32 cm (length x width)
along length/width 15 / 15 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
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Museum location
not on display
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1984.138
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Catalogue text
A large blue medallion is filled with appliquéd white interlacing vines, trumpet-shaped leaves, a central dark beige rosette and a trefoil at the top.
The medallion was probably part of a standard or other display textile.In: Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, vol. ii, vol. i
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