Cloth with hexagons and diamond-shapes
Details
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Title
Cloth with hexagons and diamond-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue thread, possibly flax; with stitching in 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
39 x 32 cm (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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.
EA1984.225
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Catalogue text
Two bands with hexagons containing diamonds and separated from each other by a double spiral with a small diamond at the centre. Between the bands and along either side of them are small squares with two trefoil finials and containing a cross. The embroidery defines the design. Along two sides of the cloth is a border band with a chain pattern.
The textile is a complete rectangular cloth with remains of blue stitching on all four sides.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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