Textile fragment with stylized plants and leaves
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with stylized plants and leaves
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue-green, undyed, and dark-brown silk; with a rolled hem and remains of stitching 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
20.3 x 17.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 29 / 40 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.01 cm (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.
EA1993.125
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Catalogue text
Two bands with stylized flowering plants, all with yellow split stitch outlines and filled in turquoise. The fragment is identical to EA1993.123 in design and technical detail.
There is a finely rolled hem along one side, as well as remains of stitching on the fabric.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, p. 86 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 86
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