Textile fragment, possibly from a sash or shawl
Details
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Title
Textile fragment, possibly from a sash or shawl
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Associated place
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Date
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Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and yellow silk; pulled-thread and drawn-thread openwork; with a hem in flax
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Object type
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Dimensions
15.5 x 10.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 26 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.
EA1984.445.c
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Catalogue text
Again the cartouche design of EA1984.445.a is repeated, but is very fragmentary. There also are the remains of the star-shape of EA1984.445.a. The designs are outlined in yellow satin stitch and blue double running. The background of the cartouche is made up of drawn-thread work with overcast and loop stitch, as well as pulled work with wrapping stitch in diagonal rows. There is a fine border with S-shapes and lozenges.
There is a fine hem along one side of the fragment.
The fragment has been radiocarbon dated to 1395 +/- 40.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
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