Textile fragment with square containing an eight-pointed star
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with square containing an eight-pointed star
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and white silk; pulled-thread openwork; with a rolled 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
11.5 x 10 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 28 / 28 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 3 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.
EA1984.431
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Catalogue text
A band with a diagonal cartouche and a square containing an eight-pointed star framed by two triangles. The star has a circle with a four-armed spiral in it. The design is outlined with blue embroidery in double running stitch, and filled with white embroidery, using satin stitch or pulled work with wrapping stitch worked in horizontal and diagonal rows.
A rolled, whipped hem is sewn along one side. The width of the band is 3 cm.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. iii, vol. i
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