Textile fragment with birds with curving tails, probably from a tunic
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with birds with curving tails, probably from a tunic
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with brown silk; with stitching in mercerized cotton
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
11.5 x 9.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (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.
EA1984.221
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Catalogue text
An overall pattern of small birds with curving tails, facing to the left and arranged in diagonal rows. There are the remains of a border embroidery along the left and right side of the fragment.
The fragment was probably once part of a tunic; see EA1984.353 for comparable patterns.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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