Textile fragment with bands of V-shapes and diamond-shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with bands of V-shapes and diamond-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with black and red silk; with a hem 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
40 x 8.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 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.
EA1984.229
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Catalogue text
Three bands, the central one red, the outer two black, are made up of interlocking V-shapes alternating with four small diamonds. The bands are each 1.5 cm wide.
Along one long side of the textile and parallel to the bands is a finely whipped hem.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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