Textile fragment with bands of linked S-shapes and diamond-shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with bands of linked S-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 blue silk; with a hem in silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
12 x 8 cm (warp x weft)
16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1.3 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (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.
EA1984.247
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Catalogue text
Two parallel bands of blue embroidery, both with the same design of s-shapes linked to diamonds. The embroidery provides the outline.
The bands are 1.3 cm wide. They are parallel to a finely stitched hem with a selvedge.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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