Textile fragment with rosette and palmettes, possibly from a cushion
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with rosette and palmettes, possibly from a cushion
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and yellow silk; with stitching in flax
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
20.3 x 17 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (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.
EA1984.40
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Catalogue text
A large eight-petalled rosette is defined by two parallel outlines embroidered in split stitch. The rosette has a dot in the centre and is set into a square with a palmette border.
Straight lines of stitching at right angles and following two sides of the border suggest that the fragment was sewn up as a rectangle, possibly as a cushion. Along the long edge with stitching are also the remains of additional yellow silk threads.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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