Textile fragment, possibly from a sash or shawl
Details
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Title
Textile fragment, possibly from a sash or shawl
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Associated place
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Date
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Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue and yellow silk; pulled-thread and drawn-thread openwork
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Object type
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Dimensions
12 x 6 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (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.
EA1984.445.b
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Catalogue text
The cartouche design of EA1984.445.a is repeated here, but is very fragmentary. The designs are outlined in yellow satin stitch and blue double running stitch. The background of the cartouche is made up of drawn-thread work with overcast and loop stitch, and there is some pulled work with wrapping stitch in diagonal lines. There is a fine border with S-shapes and lozenges.
The related fragment of EA1984.445.c has been radiocarbon dated to 1395 +/- 40.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
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