Textile fragment with medallions
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with medallions
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with light-blue, dark-blue, and yellow silk; fabric backing; with stitching in flax
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
14 x 6 cm (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 23 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 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.
EA1984.577
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Catalogue text
A band with medallions alternating with stylised foliate shapes, with yellow outlines worked in split stitch against a blue background of slanted counted filling stitch worked in diagonal rows. There is a zigzag split stitch border in dark blue outlines.
The band is sewn onto a background fabric. The zigzag border is embroidered onto the backing.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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