Textile fragment with chevrons and linked S-shapes and Z-shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with chevrons and linked S-shapes and Z-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, woven with double warp at selvedge, and embroidered with black silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
8.5 x 12 cm max. (warp x weft)
ground fabric 28 / 28 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (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.
EA1984.219.b
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Catalogue text
A wide design of blue chevrons, containing linked S- and Z-shapes. Each chevron has a small blue flower at its peak.
At the selvedge the warp is double.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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