Textile fragment with diagonal grid of lozenges
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with diagonal grid of lozenges
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with brown silk; with remains of flax sewing thread
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
19 x 13 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 27 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 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.
EA1984.420
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Catalogue text
Small squares and lozenges are linked to create a diagonal grid. The space between has a cluster of four small squares arranged as a cross. The design is set into a rectangle with borders on all four sides. There is the beginning of an additional design field with small squares linked by diagonal lines.
There are the remains of sewing thread along one narrow side.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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