Textile fragment with linked chevrons
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with linked chevrons
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with brown silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
42 x 24 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 26 / 30 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 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.
EA1984.389
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Catalogue text
A continuous field of linked chevrons, containing S-shapes and small diamonds.
The brown embroidery has mostly disappeared, but the prick marks are clearly visible and make it possible to trace the design.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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