Textile fragment with geometric flowers and leaves
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with geometric flowers and leaves
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with red and blue silk; with a rolled hem in silk
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Object type
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Dimensions
10.5 x 30.5 cm max. (warp x weft)
16 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (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.
EA1993.213
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Catalogue text
Border with two rows of geometric blue flowers and red leaves; a single line of stitching forms an edge on three sides.
There is a selvedge at the short end of the textile, and a finely rolled hem along the length.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, p. 174 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 174
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