Textile fragment with band of inscription
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with band of inscription
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with red, yellow, and brown silk; with an open seam in flax
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
36 x 29 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 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.
EA1988.38
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Catalogue text
Two bands, one with yellow and brown embroidery which is badly deteriorated, the other one red, made up of two rows of inscription.
There is an open seam at right angles to the bands.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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