Textile roundel with blazon and inscription
Details
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Title
Textile roundel with blazon and inscription
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and brown silk; with remains of a rolled hem in flax
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
12.5 x 12.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 24 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1984.67
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Catalogue text
A roundel with a circular border band containing an inscription, and a central blazon divided by two horizontal lines, also with an inscription which reads 'al-'izz al-d(a'im)': 'glory, lasting'. The circular inscription reads '-'izz (?) d(a'im)'. The outer band and blazon are defined by brown embroidered outlines, the inscriptions are blue.
The roundel was once sewn against a background fabric. There are remains of a rolled hem.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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