Textile fragment with an elaborate medallion, trees, birds, and flowers
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Title
Textile fragment with an elaborate medallion, trees, birds, and flowers
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with red and green silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
18.5 x 18 cm (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 15 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 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.
EA1993.370
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Catalogue text
Elaborate central medallion with three linked trees and a pair of confronting birds perched on a crenellated diamond with a central swastika; on each side are three diagonal crosses with central swastikas and stylized floral motifs.
For a similar type of embroidery see "A Guide to Greek Island Embroidery" by Pauline Johnson, fig. 10, p. 39: a bed tent from Kos.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. 331 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 331
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