Textile fragment with diagonal grid containing rosettes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with diagonal grid containing rosettes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
two pieces of linen, embroidered with blue silk; joined with a flat seam in flax; with a rolled hem in flax
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
23 x 20 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 20 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (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.
EA1984.561
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Catalogue text
Two wide bands are filled with a diagonal grid design, made up from S-shapes linked with small diamonds. Each grid space contains a rosette with a four-armed spiral.
The bands fill the entire width of two pieces of cloth, which are sewn together with a flat seam; in addition there is a rolled hem along one side.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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