Textile fragment with linked diamond-shapes and triangles
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with linked diamond-shapes and triangles
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Associated place
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Date
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Material and technique
linen, embroidered with black 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
12.5 x 11.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 26 / 28 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 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.
EA1984.227
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Catalogue text
A band of black embroidery with linked diamonds is set next to triangles in brown and black. The triangles are filled with small geometric designs.
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
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