Textile fragment with interlacing diamond-shapes and hooks
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with interlacing diamond-shapes and hooks
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue flax, and brown and red thread, possibly cotton
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
16 x 8.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 14 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
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.
EA1984.507
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Catalogue text
Three closely parallel bands, each with a different design. The motifs are interlace, diamond and hook, and diamonds with S- and reverse S-shapes. The colour changes within the bands.
The fragment may have come from the same fabric as EA1984.506, as design structure and technical details are similar.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. iii, vol. i
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