Textile fragment with bands of leaves and spiral trees
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with bands of leaves and spiral trees
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
two pieces of linen, embroidered with coloured silk; joined with a flat seamin flax; with a hem in flax; linen button and button-loop
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
41.5 x 25 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (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.
EA1984.112
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Catalogue text
Two parallel bands have heart-shaped leaves and spiral trees, alternating and embroidered in yellow and green; a single band with remains of brown, yellow, green, and blue embroidery is too deteriorated to be able to make out the design.
Two pieces of fabric are sewn together with a flat seam. A button made up from fabric and a button loop remain along a hemmed edge parallel to the bands.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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