Textile fragment from a garment with bands of Z-shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment from a garment with bands of Z-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with brown silk; remains of additional linen; with a flat seam 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
48 x 36 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 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.
EA1984.211
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Catalogue text
Narrow diagonal bands filled with Z-shapes, and a very fine narrow border of triangles and small rosettes at one end.
There is a flat seam with remains of a further fabric along one side; this is cut at an angle to the weave. The fragment was part 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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