Sampler fragment with parallel bands containing S-shapes and hexagons
Details
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Title
Sampler fragment with parallel bands containing S-shapes and hexagons
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with 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
36 x 30 cm max. (warp x weft)
17 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 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.
EA1984.487
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Catalogue text
The fragment is completely covered with parallel bands containing a variety of designs, including S- and arrow-shapes, hexagons filled with diamonds, stars, and stylized plants. All designs are embroidered in stepped double running stitches.
The great variety of designs suggests that the fragment was part of a sampler. There is a selvedge along one side. The textile has been sewn onto a cloth backing. Much of the embroidery has lost its colour.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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