Textile fragment with bands of spirals
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with bands of spirals
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with black, red, and green silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
30.5 x 23.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 12 / 12 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 3.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.07 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.06 cm min. (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.
EA1984.106
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Catalogue text
Three narrow bands are set next to each other; the two outer ones have black meander-like spirals connected alternately to top and bottom of the band, the central band has small red crescents or semi-circles linked to each other with a stepped pattern.
The width of the three bands together is 3.5 cm.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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