Textile fragment with linked diamond-shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with linked diamond-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and red silk; with a rolled 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
14 x 7.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 6.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (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.
EA1984.458
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Catalogue text
Two parallel bands filled with linked diamonds, each outlined by a step pattern embroidered in blue, with a further small red diamond with hook designs at the centre. Each band has an ornate blue border with stylized plants.
The bands are 6.5 cm wide. At right angles to them is a rolled hem with whipped stitching.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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