Textile fragment with octagons and rosettes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with octagons and rosettes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and yellow silk; with a rolled hem 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
27.2 x 6 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 19 / 23 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 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.
EA1993.128
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Catalogue text
A band of octagonal blue medallions contain an eight-petalled rosette. There is a narrow leaf border along both sides. All outlines are yellow split stitch.
There is a finely rolled hem.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, p. 89 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 89
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