Textile fragment with two half diamond-shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with two half 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 yellow silk; flax fringe
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
19.5 x 6 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.01 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.
EA1984.550
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Catalogue text
Two half diamonds and a large spiral ending in a 'hand of Fatima' design; one of the half diamonds and the spiral have a border of small hooks. There also is a narrow border band with an inscription.
The textile has a fringe which is made from 2-ply, s-spun flax, inserted into the linen fabric. The border of the main textile has a chain stitch line embroidered in blue and yellow silk.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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