Textile fragment with interlacing chain, probably from a cuff
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with interlacing chain, probably from a cuff
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with undyed and pink silk; backing, possibly linen
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
23 x 15 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric, along length/width 18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
backing, along length/width 6 / 6 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 8 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.
EA1984.270
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Catalogue text
An interlacing chain design is arranged into a band, with a pink central line surrounded on both sides by pale yellow (undyed silk) lines. The band has narrow borders with a continuous vine, arranged as an arabesque with turning tendrils.
The band has a width of 8 cm including the borders. The fragment may be the cuff of a sleeve, as in EA1984.269. Again two fabrics are held together by the embroidery. Here there is no evidence of hem seams. The top fabric is considerably finer than the bottom one. The identification, threadcount and spin given above refer to the top fabric first.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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