Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and arrows
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and arrows
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with black thread, possibly cotton
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
13.5 x 46 cm max. (warp x weft)
16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
central embroidery band 3 cm (width)
border embroidery bands 0.7 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 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.
EA1984.194
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Catalogue text
A band with diamonds containing facing arrows, and separated by paired arrows, as in EA1984.190; on either side is an additional border band with a single row of chevrons. The black embroidery defines the design.
The central band is 3 cm wide, the two borders are 0.7 cm each. They are set at right angles to the selvedge and cover the full length of the fabric.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. ii, vol. i
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