Roundel textile fragment with interlace and lozenges
Details
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Title
Roundel textile fragment with interlace and lozenges
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue silk; with stitching in blue flax, probably the remains of quilting
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
20 x 19.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.01 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.
EA1984.132
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Catalogue text
A large roundel is divided into three bands separated by a single line of interlace. The bands have a trellis design filled with lozenges, some of which are arranged as six-petalled rosettes.
Very few stitches remain, but the design is clearly visible because of the former quilting.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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