Textile fragment with chevrons
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with chevrons
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with light-blue flax; with rolled hems 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
15 x 68 cm max. (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.
EA1984.404
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Catalogue text
The full width of the fabric is covered with chevrons, each of which is filled with small crosses. At one end are two bands with S-shapes linked to diamonds.
There is a selvedge at one narrow end, and rolled hems are sewn along both long 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. iii, vol. i
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