Textile fragment with band of diamond-shapes and crosses
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with band of diamond-shapes and crosses
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with turquoise, yellow, and black silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
22.5 x 3 cm (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 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.
EA1984.588
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Catalogue text
A narrow band of diamonds alternating with crosses. The diamonds are set into turquoise squares, the crosses have a fine black frame. All outlines are embroidered in double running stitch, the turquoise areas are filled with split stitch, and the yellow areas are embroidered with slanted counted filling stitch worked in diagonal rows. Satin stitch is used for the border, as well as four some yellow details.
The fragment is identical in design and certain technical characteristics to EA1984.473.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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