Textile fragment with two parallel bands of chevrons
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with two parallel bands of chevrons
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
eight pieces of linen, four pieces embroidered with blue thread, possibly cotton or wool; glued to a hessian backing
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
28 x 6 cm (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1.3 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.8 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.
EA1984.554
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Catalogue text
Two narrow parallel bands, each containing a single row of ornate chevrons made up from opposed S-shapes and a cross at the peak.
The width of the bands is 1.3 cm. The fragment is made up from eight scraps of which four are embroidered; these small fragments are glued to a hessian backing.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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