Sampler fragment with two bands
Details
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Title
Sampler fragment with two bands
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with brown and blue silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
16 x 6 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 31 / 21 threads/cm (thread count)
narrow embroidery band 1 cm (width)
wide embroidery band 1.8 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.02 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.
EA1984.478
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Catalogue text
Two bands of different width, one with ?chevrons, the other with uncertain design. The background is filled with either brown or blue pattern darning running stitch embroidery.
One band is 1 cm wide, the other is 1.8 cm. The embroidery is badly 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, vol. iii, vol. i
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