Textile fragment with flowers, buds, and leaves, probably from a sash or scarf
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with flowers, buds, and leaves, probably from a sash or scarf
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with red, green, and blue silk; with a hem in silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
25.5 x 16.5 cm (warp x weft)
19 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 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.
EA1993.271
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Catalogue text
A continuous design of linked flowers, buds and leaves on stems, arranged in diagonal bands.
The embroidery is very fine, with each running stitch moving over and under a single thread. The cloth was probably part of a sash or scarf. The design covers the complete width. There is a finely sewn hem along one side, and a selvedge along 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, p. 232 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 232
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