Textile fragment with roundel, star, and chalice
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Details
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Title
Textile fragment with roundel, star, and chalice
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Associated place
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Date
late 13th century - early 14th century
Mamluk Period (1250 - 1517) -
Material and technique
linen, with white linen appliqué
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
18 x 12 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 26 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
additional fabric 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
Lower ground floor | Gallery 5 | Textiles -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1984.136
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Catalogue text
An white appliqué medallion with a roundel containing a six-pointed star. The star has a circle and chalice at the centre. The roundel is surrounded by a continuous vine with alternating crescent-shaped leaves and trefoil flowers.
The fragment may have been a tab. It is very similar in style to EA1984.134.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. ii, vol. i
