Sampler fragment with S-shapes, diamond-shapes, and crescents
Details
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Title
Sampler fragment with S-shapes, diamond-shapes, and crescents
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Associated place
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Date
13th - 14th century (1201 - 1400) -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue flax and brown silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
21 x 16 cm max. (warp x weft)
16 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.07 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.05 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 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.
EA1984.491
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Catalogue text
A sampler fragment has rectangles filled with S-shapes, diamonds with small crescents, and a single chevron containing a curving line and a crescent finial.
There is a selvedge. The sampler has been radiocarbon dated to 1260 +/- 75.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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