Textile fragment with lotuses, and interlacing vine and leaves
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with lotuses, and interlacing vine and leaves
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
two pieces of linen, embroidered with coloured silk; linen backing; joined with stitching in flax
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
25 x 11 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric, along length/width 21 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
backing, along length/width 13 / 11 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.08 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.05 cm min. (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.
EA1984.579
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Catalogue text
A band is separated into rectangles filled with either an ornate lotus, or an interlacing vine with leaf tendrils, embroidered in brown and green, with white outlines. Between the rectangles and along both borders are bands which contain S-shapes alternating with small crescents. The treatment of design and technical peculiarities are similar to EA1984.98.
The band is sewn together from two pieces of fabric; it also is attached to a backing of coarser linen.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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