Textile fragment with chevron stems, triangular flowers, and zigzag
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with chevron stems, triangular flowers, and zigzag
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with coloured silk and with tel kirma (knots) in metal thread; with two rolled hems in silk
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Object type
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Dimensions
22 x 15.5 cm (warp x weft)
24 / 19 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.
EA1993.305
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Catalogue text
Six horizontal bands of chevron stems with alternating triangular-shaped flowers and a zigzag border line.
There are two rolled hems, one whipped with red silk, the other with yellow (undyed) silk. The fragment also has a selvedge. This piece and EA1993.304 were part of the same textile.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. 266 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 266
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