Textile fragment with bands of zigzags
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with bands of zigzags
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue, brown, 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
12.5 x 13 cm max. (warp x weft)
along length/width 26 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 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.
EA1984.215
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Catalogue text
Three narrow bands with very deteriorated zigzag bands and ?heart-shapes, and two wider bands of ?inscription. The narrow bands are mostly embroidered in brown, but also have some blue and very few remains of yellow; the inscription bands are mostly blue, but some remains of geometric patterning is brown. One of the narrow bands runs parallel and close to the selvedge.
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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