Sampler fragment with bands containing S-shapes
Details
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Title
Sampler fragment with bands containing S-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with brown, pink, and black silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
15.5 x 18 cm (warp x weft)
17 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (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.
EA1984.498
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Catalogue text
A sampler fragment with bands containing S-shapes. The widest band is embroidered in dark brown, and its design cannot be read. A fine pink band is embroidered along the selvedge.
There is a selvedge. Much of the embroidery is badly deteriorated.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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