Textile fragment from a slipper front with linked crosses
On display
Details
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Title
Textile fragment from a slipper front with linked crosses
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Associated place
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Date
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Material and technique
linen and blue silk, embroidered with yellow flax; overcast edging; bound in leather
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
12.5 x 7 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric (linen), along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (silk), along length/width 23 / 23 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (linen) 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
ground fabric (silk) 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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
Lower ground floor | Gallery 5 | Textiles -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1984.360
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Catalogue text
Linked crosses are arranged in a line and as small clusters.
The piece is the front of a slipper, with overcast edging and leather binding. A linen fabric is covered with blue silk and embroidered. There is a fine leather edge as well as remains of leather against the back, which was the slipper's inside.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
