Sampler with vines, tendrils, and a leaf
Details
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Title
Sampler with vines, tendrils, and a leaf
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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
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
18.5 x 18.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 23 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 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.
EA1984.85
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Catalogue text
A sampler for a corner band with two linked yellow vines and tendrils with small trefoil finials, and a large serrated leaf in the corner, all against a blue background. The band has a very fine yellow border.
The slanted counted filling stitches are worked in straight rows.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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