Textile fragment with rhombic shapes and squares, probably from a purse or seal-bag
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with rhombic shapes and squares, probably from a purse or seal-bag
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, with drawn-thread openwork and overcast stitching in blue, red, and yellow silk; linen piping; with a hem in flax
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
15 x 14.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 9 / 12 threads/cm (thread count)
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.
EA1984.284
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Catalogue text
A circular shape is covered with openwork embroidery, with red circles and a grid of linked blue rhombics and squares against a background of yellow.
The fabric has a hem and separately sewn on piping for a draw string to be passed through. It was probably used as a small purse or seal bag.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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