Textile fragment with alternating diamond-shapes and hexagons
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with alternating diamond-shapes and hexagons
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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
26.5 x 14 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 19 / 21 threads/cm (thread count)
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.
EA1984.569
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Catalogue text
A band with a single row of linked alternating diamonds and hexagons. The geometric shapes are embroidered in brown and blue. The diamonds each contain a star; the interior design of the hexagons cannot be read for certain, but may be a four-armed spiral. Along both sides of the band is a border with hexagons, each holding an S-shape.
The main band and borders are separated by a single line of brown cross stitches.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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