Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes, X-shapes, and diamond-shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes, X-shapes, and diamond-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with dark-blue, red, and blue 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
31.5 x 30.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 15 / 15 threads/cm (thread count)
short band of X-shapes 8 cm (length)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.08 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.
EA1984.328
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Catalogue text
The large, square fragment has narrow bands with three different designs. Along one side is a dark blue band filled with S-shapes; at right angles to it and parallel to a hem are three medium blue bands with paired X-shapes, each pair separated by a dot. One of these bands is only 8 cm long and continuous with a single line of running stitch. Finally there are three bands in one corner, of diamonds and half-diamonds separated by a vertical line and alternating between dark blue and red.
A rolled hem is whipped with silk thread.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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