Textile fragment with chevron and trefoil peak
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with chevron and trefoil peak
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with green silk; drawn-thread openwork and overcasting; linen backing; with stitching in blue flax
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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 11.5 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric, along length/width 10 / 10 threads/cm (thread count)
backing, along length/width 32 / 30 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (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.
EA1984.283
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Catalogue text
A white (undyed) chevron with a trefoil peak is placed against a green chevron without further ornament. There are the remains of a green border.
The fragment is coarsely sewn with blue thread against a backing of much finer linen with a threadcount of 32/30.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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