Textile fragment with geometric shapes, probably from a tunic
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with geometric shapes, probably from a tunic
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with red and brown silk; with a rolled 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
24.5 x 21.2 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 19 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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.
EA1993.57
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Catalogue text
A repeating geometric motif composed of triangles, hooks and a central diamond is arranged in diagonal rows, with a line of triangles above and a border of geometric plants below. The diagonal rows alternate in colour between pink and brown. The design forms a wide band which has a fine pink border of inverted V-shapes along one side, and a brown band with mostly disintegrated geometric designs along the hem line.
There is a finely rolled hem. The fragment probably was part of a tunic.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. 18 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 18
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