Sampler fragment with crosses and diamond-shapes
Details
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Title
Sampler fragment with crosses and diamond-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with yellow and light-brown silk, and 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
7.5 x 22.5 cm (warp x weft)
16 / 16 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.
EA1984.509
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Catalogue text
Six parallel bands and two individual motifs, all probably part of a sampler. The bands contain variations of cross motifs and diamonds, as well as one band with an S-shape, and one with a single line of chevrons and stylized plants.
There is 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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