Textile fragment with band of Z-shapes and squares
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with band of Z-shapes and squares
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with dark-blue and brown silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
20 x 10.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 1.8 cm (width)
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.
EA1984.521.b
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Catalogue text
A band with large Z-shapes alternates with squares containing a four-armed spiral; the band has a simple geometric border. Parallel to it is a very narrow row of two simple geometric shapes, possibly imitating script. All outlines are embroidered in dark blue double running stitch, while the space between the Z-shapes and squares have brown darning stitches worked over and under one thread. The design is identical to EA1984.521.a.
The band is 1.8 cm wide, the distance to the narrow row is 3 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. iii, vol. i
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