Textile fragment with bands of crosses, diamond-shapes, and arrows
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with bands of crosses, diamond-shapes, and arrows
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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
30 x 33 cm max. (warp x weft)
16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 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.
EA1984.158
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Catalogue text
Three parallel bands, each containing a cross alternating with a small diamond set between two arrow shapes. The bands have a saw-tooth border. The blue embroidery defines the background.
The width of the bands is 5 cm, and they run from the selvedge over 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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