Tab with vine and leaf
Details
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Title
Tab with vine and leaf
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and olive-green silk
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
17.5 x 12 cm (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 cm min. (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.
EA1984.42
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Catalogue text
A tab with a continuous vine as border, as well as a leaf-shaped pattern in the centre. This pattern has a diamond in the centre and a heart-shaped leaf attached.
The distribution of colour is unusual for the central ornament, as it changes from blue to green apparently at random.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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