Textile fragment with quatrefoils, possibly from a sash
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Title
Textile fragment with quatrefoils, possibly from a sash
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with dark-blue silk; with a rolled hem in silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
25 x 24.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 24 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 4 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.03 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.
EA1984.530
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Catalogue text
A band of quatrefoils with diamond centres; one half the width of the design is repeated along both borders. The very fine embroidery is almost entirely in stepped double running stitch.
The width of the band is 4 cm. There is a finely rolled, whipped hem along three sides, suggesting that the fabric was part of a sash.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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