Textile fragment with Maltese cross
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with Maltese cross
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Associated place
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Date
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Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and yellow silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
7.5 x 5.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 cm min. (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.
EA1984.84.b
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Catalogue text
Remains of a band with part of a blue Maltese cross defined by yellow outline against a blue ground; a zigzag border.
The slanted counted filling stitches are worked in diagonal rows. The fragment's design and technical details are identical to EA1984.84a. The two textiles were part of the same fabric.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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