Textile fragment with bands of vines and leaves, probably from a garment
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with bands of vines and leaves, probably from a garment
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and pink silk; with a rolled hem in silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
15 x 14.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1.4 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 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.
EA1984.317
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Catalogue text
Three parallel bands are set at right angles to a fourth band. All four bands have a continuous vine with stylized single leaves; two of them are embroidered in pink, two in blue. The embroidery defines the background.
The width of the bands is 1.4 cm; the three parallel bands are set at a distance of 1.5 cm between each. They follow the same direction as a fine, rolled hem, carefully sewn with silk whipping stitches. This was probably the bottom part of a garment.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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