Tab with Maltese cross
Details
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Title
Tab with Maltese cross
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, dyed blue, with linen appliqué; with stitching in flax
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
14.5 x 10 cm (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fabric 0.03 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.
EA1984.142
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Catalogue text
A tab with a blue ground has undyed linen appliqué sewn onto it, with a circle containing a Maltese cross and tendrils in the tip. The entire tab has a appliqué border.
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. ii, vol. i
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