Roundel textile fragment with interlacing hexagons
Details
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Title
Roundel textile fragment with interlacing hexagons
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with red, blue, and dark-green silk; with a 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
12 x 12 cm (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (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.
EA1984.79
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Catalogue text
Interlacing hexagons with red outlines and small, paired half-palmette leaves at the centre of each, as in EA1984.77. The interlace takes the shape of a lozenge; each contains a small blue design, possibly a leaf.
The fragment was shaped into a roundel, with a carefully sewn hem, as in EA1984.77.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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