Textile fragment with diamond-shaped medallion and floral shapes, possibly from the neck of a tunic
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with diamond-shaped medallion and floral shapes, possibly from the neck of a tunic
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with red silk
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Object type
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Dimensions
20.5 x 5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 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.
EA1993.87
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Catalogue text
A band with a heart-shaped medallion between two cruciform stylized floral motifs: at each centre there is a small bird-like creature.
The band may have been part of the neck opening of a tunic, where often this type of amulet patterning is embroidered.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. 48 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 48
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