Textile fragment with chevrons and trefoil finials
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with chevrons and trefoil finials
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Associated place
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Date
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Material and technique
linen, embroidered with red and blue silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
19 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 14 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.06 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (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.
EA1984.610
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Catalogue text
A wide design area is covered with red chevrons and trefoil finials, with a narrow border along one side which has a blue continuous vine and small leaves.
The radiocarbon date for the textile is 1224 AD +/- 33, with a calibrated result ranging from 1230 to 1310. The chevron design places it into the Mamluk period.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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