Textile fragment, possibly from a dish cover
Details
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Title
Textile fragment, possibly from a dish cover
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue silk; with rolled hems and a run-and-fell 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
26.5 x 16.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 14 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 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.
EA1984.396
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Catalogue text
Four narrow bands are set at right angles to each other, forming a grid; each band is filled with pairs of arrows that point towards each other, but are separated by a vertical line. The blue embroidery defines the design.
The fabric has a rolled and whipped hem along all four sides, as well as a run-and-fell seam down the centre. It is likely to have been used as a domestic ornament, such as a dish cover.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. iii, vol. i
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