Textile fragment with diamond-shapes, quatrefoils, and trees
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with diamond-shapes, quatrefoils, and trees
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with red and blue silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
22.5 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 7 x 6.5 cm (length x width)
ground fabric 0.05 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
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1984.238
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Catalogue text
Two bands, one red, the other blue, but of identical design. Each band contains a single row of diamonds with a quatrefoil at the centre, as well as a border along both sides with stylized, small trees.
The embroidery band is complete and has a length of 7 cm, a width of 6.5 cm.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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