Sampler fragment with an eight-pointed star
Details
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Title
Sampler fragment with an eight-pointed star
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with coloured silk and light-blue flax
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
10.5 x 11 cm max. (warp x weft)
17 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 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.
EA1984.469
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Catalogue text
A sampler fragment with a light blue geometric shape containing an eight-pointed star with a spiral at the centre, two S-shapes of different sizes embroidered in dark blue double running stitch, and a narrow band with a reversed S-shape outlined in yellow satin stitch and embroidered in dark blue double running stitch. There are remains of light green satin stitches to fill the background of the band, and some additional sampler designs in stepped double running stitch.
The fragment has a selvedge.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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