Textile fragment with repeated inscription
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with repeated inscription
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with brown 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
12 x 3.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 0.6 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.04 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 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.
EA1984.253
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Catalogue text
Three parallel open bands with a repeated inscription. The central band is blue, the two outer bands are brown. The embroidery follows the inscription.
Each band is 0.6 cm wide. There are no borders.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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