Textile fragment with an arrow, rosette, and spiral
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with an arrow, rosette, and spiral
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue thread, possibly flax
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
13.5 x 43 cm max. (warp x weft)
14 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 3 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.07 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (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.
EA1984.155
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Catalogue text
A band of blue embroidery, at right angles to the selvedge. It contains an arrow that points in two directions, a six-petalled rosette and a four-armed spiral. The embroidery provides the background.
The band is 3 cm wide and runs from the selvedge the full length of the fragment.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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