Textile fragment with hexagons, inscription, and diamond-shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with hexagons, inscription, and diamond-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue silk; with two run-and-fell seams 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
17 x 12 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 1.7 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 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.
EA1984.249
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Catalogue text
A band containing two hexagons, each with an inscription and linked by three small diamonds. The blue embroidery provides the outline as well as the calligraphy.
The band is 1.7 cm wide. Two run-and-fell seams are at right angles to the embroidery band. The embroidery stops at one of the seams, but extends beyond the other.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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