Textile fragment with hexagons and eagles
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with hexagons and eagles
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with brown silk; with a hem and remains of stitching in flax
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
28.5 x 24.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 2 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.04 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 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.
EA1984.307
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Catalogue text
A band with two long hexagons defined by the light ground fabric, each containing a small eagle; the hexagons are separated by linked diamonds and hook motifs.
The band is two centimetres wide. There is a hem along one edge, parallel to the band, and remains of stitching along the three other sides. The curve of one of these suggests that there formerly may have been a pocket.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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