Textile fragment with three bands of lozenges
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with three bands of lozenges
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with dark-blue silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
22 x 7 cm (warp x weft)
25 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1.5 cm (width)
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.
EA1984.471
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Catalogue text
Three parallel bands of lozenges, either containing an S-shape worked in satin stitch, or a Z-shape embroidered in double running stitch.
There is a selvedge at right angles to the bands. Each band is 1.5 cm wide. Most of the embroidery has badly deteriorated.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. iii, vol. i
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