Textile fragment with hearts, V-shapes, and chevrons
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with hearts, V-shapes, and chevrons
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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
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
16.7 x 14 cm max. (warp x weft)
21 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 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.
EA1993.145
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Catalogue text
A wide band with chevrons which have heart-shaped finials culminating in a V-shape; the chevrons alternate between red and blue. The band has borders on both sides with repeating diamond and triangle motif.
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, p. 106 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 106
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