Textile fragment with elephant
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with elephant
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Associated place
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Date
10th century (AD 901 - 1000) -
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
20 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 23 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 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.
EA1984.573
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Catalogue text
A pink and yellow elephant with brown outlines is placed beneath a band that includes a pink hexagon with yellow interlacing. There is additional interlacing in yellow and light blue, all with brown outlines.
The embroidered fragment is cut into a semicircular shape. The elephant and the interlacing scroll may be compared to one of the Indian block-printed fragments in the Newberry collection (1990.250), which has been radiocarbon dated to 895 +/- 75. This piece also has a similar radiocarbon date of 859 AD +/- 36, with the calibrated result ranging from 880 to 1020. Both textiles are likely to be of 10th century date.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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