Sampler fragment with S-shapes, diamond-shapes, and crescents
Details
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Title
Sampler fragment with S-shapes, diamond-shapes, and crescents
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue silk and possibly flax
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
19.5 x 32 cm (warp x weft)
17 / 17 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 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
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1984.492
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Catalogue text
A sampler with narrow, parallel bands with S-shapes, hexagons, diamonds, and chevrons.
The embroidery is restricted to one end of the textile. The thread used seems to alternate between silk and flax.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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