Textile fragment from the neck of a dress with stylized floral shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment from the neck of a dress with stylized floral shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
silk, plain and satin woven, dyed black, and embroidered with coloured silk and metal thread; linen ground; with stitching in silk
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Object type
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Dimensions
47.5 x 30.5 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric (linen), along length/width 14 / 15 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (silk), along length/width 40 / 40 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 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.
EA1993.338
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Catalogue text
Bands of geometric design with borders of stylized floral motifs at the shoulder, one side and around V-shaped neck opening; heart-shaped medallion at point of V surrounded by spirals and crosses.
The fragment is part of a dress, with the neck opening and the shoulder still intact. The ground linen fabric has been overlaid with black silk, most of which is deteriorated.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, p. 299 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 299
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