Sampler with diagonal lines, triangles, floral shapes, and squares
Details
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Title
Sampler with diagonal lines, triangles, floral shapes, and squares
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and red silk and possibly flax or wool
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
34.5 x 27.5 cm (warp x weft)
11 / 10 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.06 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.
EA1993.355
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Catalogue text
Sampler with four patterns; one of diagonal lines with triangles, two with geometric floral motifs and one with squares and triangles.
There is a selvedge along one side.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. 316 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 316
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