Textile fragment with stylized floral spray and chevrons
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with stylized floral spray and chevrons
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with coloured silk; with a hem in silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
24.5 x 23 cm max. (warp x weft)
15 / 13 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 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.
EA1993.310
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Catalogue text
Stylized floral spray with curved flowers arranged in threes and a hooked stem; checkered border line at the hem.
There is a selvedge along one side, and a hem along the other.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, p. 271 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 271
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