Textile fragment with band of hexagons and inscription
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with band of hexagons and inscription
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Associated place
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Date
11th century (1001 - 1100) -
Material and technique
possibly cotton, block-printed with black pigment, and with painting in gold; with an open seam in cotton
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
36 x 22.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 28 / 28 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric .02 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.
EA1988.20
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Catalogue text
The fragment has a band, an inscription, and two identical birds, block-printed in black outlines. The band has linked hexagons with green frames and borders of oval medallions. The birds, inscription, and band also all show remains of painted gold. The inscription probably reads "al-mulk lillah".
There is an open seam at an angle to the printed design. The original accession card states that the textile is from 11th century Iraq.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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