Textile fragment with three stylized trees
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with three stylized trees
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and dark-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
15.5 x 13 cm (length x width)
along length/width 19 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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.
EA1984.527
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Catalogue text
Three stylized trees with triangular bases and a hexagonal top, with flowers and leaves emerging. Two of the trees are linked by an additional upright flower. An eight-pointed star set into an octagon is placed on either side of these linked trees. The star is embroidered in a darker blue than the trees, and it has a small square at the centre with a spiral emerging from each corner.
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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