Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and linked quatrefoils, possibly a jar cover
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and linked quatrefoils, possibly a jar cover
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with red and blue silk; twisted cord, probably flax; with a hem 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 14.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 33 / 36 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 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.
EA1984.62
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Catalogue text
Small blue diamonds are set into a grid of linked red quatrefoils.
The textile has been shaped into a circle with a hem all around it; a twisted cord has been led through this casing. It could have been used as a jar cover or for similar purposes. Laid threads are couched down over surface satin filling stitches.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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