Textile fragment, possibly from a sash or shawl
Details
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Title
Textile fragment, possibly from a sash or shawl
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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; pulled-thread and drawn-thread openwork
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Object type
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Dimensions
8.3 x 6.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
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.
EA1984.445.d
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Catalogue text
The star-shape of EA1984.445.a is repeated, but is very fragmentary. The designs are outlined in yellow satin stitch and blue double running stitch. The background is with S-shapes in lozenges and small squares containing a spiral. One of the star's points has a small triangle embroidered in fine, blue darning stitch.
There is a fine hem along one side of the fragment.
The related fragment of EA1984.445.c has been radiocarbon dated to 1395 +/- 40.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
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