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Textile fragment with geometric shapes, probably from a tunic
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with red and brown silk; with a rolled hem in flax
- Dimensions
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24.5 x 21.2 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 19 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1993.57
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. p. 18 (vol. iv), illus. vol. iv p. 18
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A repeating geometric motif composed of triangles, hooks and a central diamond is arranged in diagonal rows, with a line of triangles above and a border of geometric plants below. The diagonal rows alternate in colour between pink and brown. The design forms a wide band which has a fine pink border of inverted V-shapes along one side, and a brown band with mostly disintegrated geometric designs along the hem line.
There is a finely rolled hem. The fragment probably was part of a tunic.
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