Textile fragment with tendrils, leaves, and possibly chevrons
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with tendrils, leaves, and possibly chevrons
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with dark-blue silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
18.5 x 14 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 19 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 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.
EA1984.83
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Catalogue text
A large field is filled with dark blue embroidery; the design is defined by the unstitched parts. It is difficult to read, but may show the beginning of a wide chevron design. There also is a border band with s-shaped tendrils and palmette and half-palmette leaves. Again, the design is defined by the unstitched areas.
The slanted counted filling stitches are worked in straight rows.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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