Textile fragment with flower-head and chevron
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with flower-head and chevron
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, dyed orange and blue, with orange linen appliqué; with stitching in flax, possibly originally a seam
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
13.5 x 13 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fabric 0.08 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fabric 0.05 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.
EA1984.140
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Catalogue text
A flower head is set into the peak of a chevron.
Reverse and edge are dyed blue over the orange. The blue edge may once have been part of a seam.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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