Textile fragment with reversed S-shapes and a spiral
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with reversed S-shapes and a spiral
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue cotton
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
20.5 x 16.5 cm max. (warp x weft)
18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.06 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 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.
EA1984.165
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Catalogue text
A wide band contains linked hexagons and squares, framed by hook motifs. One hexagon holds an angular reversed s-shape, the other a spiral with four arms. On each side of the wide band is a narrow border band with small s-shapes and dots; the same band is repeated a third time near one side of the fragment. The bands are at right angles to the selvedge.
Selvedge.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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