Textile fragment with vine and stylized leaf or tendril
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with vine and stylized leaf or tendril
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with green silk; linen backing; joined with a plain seam 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
21 x 8 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (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.
EA1984.234
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Catalogue text
A narrow band with a continuous vine and a stylized leaf or tendril. The embroidery covers the background.
The embroidered fragment is sewn with a plain seam against a linen backing with the same structural make-up.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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