Textile fragment with leaves and crenellations
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Title
Textile fragment with leaves and crenellations
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
coloured wool patchwork, with red wool appliqué; with stitching in white and blue-and-white flax
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
46 x 19 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 12 / 12 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 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.
EA1984.212
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Catalogue text
Two wide bands, one appliquéd, the other of patchwork. The appliqué band has red paired leaves on a brown ground; the patchwork band has crenellations that complement each other. They are red and green in one direction, and undyed fabric (beige) in the opposite one.
The sewing thread is white flax, some of it twisted with a blue strand.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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