Textile fragment from a tunic with geometric bands
Details
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Title
Textile fragment from a tunic with geometric bands
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with red silk; with a hem in flax
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
54.5 x 44 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.08 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.
EA1984.101
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Catalogue text
A sequence of three bands placed close together, the central one with geometric lines, possibly inspired by inscription, and the two outer ones with diamonds and S-shapes. The central band is repeated at the hem of the fragment; three thin bands of linked diamonds connect the three bands with the border at the hem; one of these also has S-shapes.
The large fragment clearly was part of a tunic. There is a wide hem sewn along one edge.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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