Textile fragment with repeated inscription
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with repeated inscription
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Associated place
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Date
11th - 12th century (1001 - 1200) -
Material and technique
three pieces of linen, embroidered with brown and blue silk; joined with remains of three run-and-fell seams in flax; with a hem in flax
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Object type
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Dimensions
26 x 18 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric 1, along length/width 25 / 25 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 2, along length/width 27 / 27 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 3, along length/width 25 / 25 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 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.
EA1984.402
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Catalogue text
An inscription is repeated to create an overall design, by arranging it diagonally and alternate its colour between brown and blue. At the hem line the inscriptions are blue, and are placed into hexagonal cartouches. This border is further embellished with a line of arrows and triangles.
The textile has the remains of three run-and-fell seams, as well as a hem.
It is radiocarbon dated to 1017 AD +/- 35.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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