Textile fragment with reversed S-shapes, possibly from a tunic
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with reversed S-shapes, possibly from a tunic
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with brown silk; with 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
26 x 12 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 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.
EA1984.417
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Catalogue text
Parallel rows of reversed S-shapes and circles embroidered in brown, and a narrow border at right angles to them with horizontal S-shapes and small crosses. Four S are followed by a circle, and then repeated.
The fragment probably was part of a tunic.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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