Textile fragment with hexagons linked by diamond-shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with hexagons linked by diamond-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
two pieces of linen, embroidered with brown silk; joined with a seam in 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
33 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 19 / 17 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 5.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 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.
EA1984.456
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Catalogue text
A band with ornate hexagons, linked by a diamond with four bird heads emerging from it. The hexagons have a pearl border and contain seven small diamonds against a background of dots. The band has a border of small triangles alternating with heart-shaped leaves.
A crudely sewn seam holds two pices of the fragment together; one is the reverse side. The width of the embroidered band is 5.5 cm.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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