Textile fragment with band of linked cartouches
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with band of linked cartouches
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with coloured silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
33.5 x 9.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 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.
EA1984.580
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Catalogue text
A band of linked cartouches, each filled with two inscriptions and two small tendrils ending in a trefoil. The cartouches have green borders partly outlined in brown; the space between them is filled with hearts.
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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