Textile fragment with linked diamond-shapes and possibly pseudo-inscription
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with linked diamond-shapes and possibly pseudo-inscription
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and red silk; with a rolled 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
55 x 6 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 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.
EA1984.536
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Catalogue text
A band with an overall design of linked diamonds embroidered in blue, with a narrow red border containing diagonal lines, possibly a pseudo-inscription.
A rolled and whipped hem is adjacent to the border band. There are remains of a second border along the other side of the band.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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