Textile fragment with inscription and tendrils
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with inscription and tendrils
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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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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
13.5 x 3 cm max. (length x width)
following the weave 11 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 22 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.
EA1984.214
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Catalogue text
A band containing the repeat of an inscription and a tendril curved in reverse S-shape. The embroidery defines the design.
The embroidery is diagonal to the weave structure. As the measurements given above are for the maximum length and width, following the direction of the weave, they are misleading. The fragment's actual measurements are 13.5 cm x 3 cm.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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