Textile fragment with band of linked ovals and zigzag border
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with band of linked ovals and zigzag border
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with green and brown silk; with rolled hems in silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
15 x 12 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
embroidery band 4 cm (width)
ground fabric 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.
EA1984.376
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Catalogue text
A band with two rows of linked ovals, alternately placed horizontally and vertically. The ovals are defined by green embroidery. The band has a zigzag border with brown linked triangles.
Two sides of the fragment have a rolled hem, and the band is placed at right angles to them. It is 4 cm wide.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. iii, vol. i
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