Textile fragment with linked hexagons, squares, and S-shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with linked hexagons, squares, and S-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with dark-blue silk; with a rolled 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
37.5 x 16 cm (length x width)
along length/width 14 / 17 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1 & 2 3 cm (width)
embroidery band 3 3.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.07 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.05 cm min. (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.
EA1984.322
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Catalogue text
Three bands filled with linked hexagons, each containing a square with two narrow bands of S-shapes, adjoined by a small diamond on either side. The hexagons are linked to each other with a diamond-and-hook motif.
A rolled and whipped hem along one side of the textile; two long bands are placed parallel to the hem. At right angles is the third band. The two parallel bands are 3 cm wide, the third one at right angles is slightly wider (3.5 cm).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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