Textile fragment with quatrefoils, possibly from a sash or turban band
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with quatrefoils, possibly from a sash or turban band
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with light-blue and pink silk; with a rolled hem in silk
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
19.5 x 12.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm min. (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.
EA1984.408
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Catalogue text
Three bands, the central band with small quatrefoils linked by diagonal lines, and the two outer ones with stylized plants, each with three pairs of branches and small flower heards. The colour of the pattern alternates between pale blue and pink.
A finely rolled hem, whipped with silk thread, is along three sides of the cloth. It probably was part of a sash or turban band.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. iii, vol. i
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