Textile fragment with circles, stars, and interlace, possibly a pot holder
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with circles, stars, and interlace, possibly a pot holder
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
layers of linen, dyed blue, and cotton, embroidered with coloured cotton; stuffing, possibly of straw; with stitching 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
19 x 18.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 15 / 17 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 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.
EA1993.363
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Catalogue text
Four orange and five white rosettes with stars and interlacing between.
Layers of fabric and stuffing of straw(?); the cloth may have been used as a pot holder.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. 324 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 324
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