Textile fragment with three bands of stars and hexagons
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with three bands of stars and hexagons
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with dark-blue silk; drawn-thread openwork
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
40 x 27 cm (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
outer embroidery bands 7 cm (width)
central embroidery band 6.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (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.
EA1984.433
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Catalogue text
Three wide bands of stars and hexagons embroidered in blue double running stitch, mostly worked in steps. These shapes are set into a background of drawn-thread work, the star into a square, the hexagon into a cartouche. All the needle weaving has disappeared.
The width of the bands is 7 cm for the two outer ones, and 6.5 cm for the central band.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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