Textile fragment with repeated inscription
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with repeated inscription
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with light-blue thread, possibly silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
7 x 28 cm max. (warp x weft)
26 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 1.4 cm (width)
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.
EA1984.551
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Catalogue text
A narrow band contains an inscription, repeated throughout. Above the border are two pairs of birds flanking a central pole.
The border band is at right angles to the selvedge and has a width of 1.4 cm; the pairs of birds are placed at a wide interval of 16 cm. There are the remains of a rolled hem at one narrow end.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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