Textile fragment with bands of interlacing linked S-shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with bands of interlacing linked S-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with dark-blue silk; with remains of a seam 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
10.5 x 8 cm (length x width)
along length/width 28 / 28 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 2 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 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.
EA1984.342
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Catalogue text
Three parallel bands of linked S-shapes arranged as interlace; each band has a fine sawtooth border.
Each band is 2 cm wide. A sewing thread along one side indicates the remains of a seam.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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