Textile fragment with interlacing chevrons and Maltese crosses
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with interlacing chevrons and Maltese crosses
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue flax and red silk
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
18 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 12 / 13 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.06 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.
EA1984.543
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Catalogue text
Two adjoining bands, one with ornate interlocking chevrons, the other with Maltese crosses with trefoil ends, set into octagons with tendril borders.
The band of chevrons has some red embroidery in addition to the blue.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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