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Textile roundel with blazon and inscription
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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 blue and brown silk; with remains of a rolled hem in flax
- Dimensions
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12.5 x 12.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 24 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 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.
- EA1984.67
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. vol. ii, illus. vol. i
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A roundel with a circular border band containing an inscription, and a central blazon divided by two horizontal lines, also with an inscription which reads 'al-'izz al-d(a'im)': 'glory, lasting'. The circular inscription reads '-'izz (?) d(a'im)'. The outer band and blazon are defined by brown embroidered outlines, the inscriptions are blue.
The roundel was once sewn against a background fabric. There are remains of a rolled hem.
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