Textile fragment with naskhi inscription and circles
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with naskhi inscription and circles
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue-grey metal and coloured silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
12 x 5.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 26 / 24 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 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.
EA1984.114.a
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Catalogue text
One of two fragments (see EA1984.114.b) embroidered with a band containing a blue-grey (originally silver) naskhi inscription. The background has small, blue circles that create a stippled effect, as in EA1984.107. A rosette with blue, green, and yellow petals and red outlines is added to the inscription.
The couching is single thread (blue) and metal thread.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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