Textile fragment with linked scrolls of S-shapes, possibly from a garment
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with linked scrolls of S-shapes, possibly from a garment
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue silk; with repair stitching 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
13 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (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.
EA1984.290
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Catalogue text
Two narrow bands are arranged in parallel v-shapes, each filled with a linked scroll pattern of s-shapes. The embroidery defines the background.
The bands are 1.5 cm wide. There is some mending down the centre of the fragment, probably done after excavation. The bands may have been intended to be the neck border design of a garment.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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