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Towel or napkin with flowers, leaves, and stems
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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 coloured silk and metal thread; with two rolled hems in cotton
- Dimensions
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62.5 x 46.5 cm (warp x weft)
18 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 cm (thread diameter)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1993.292
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Further reading
Crowfoot, G., ‘Embroidery of the Northern Sudan’, Embroidery, (Spring 1950), cat. Vol.1, 1, illus. 11
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. p. 253 (vol. iv), illus. vol. iv p. 253
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Two end borders with a repeating design of floral motifs; each motif is composed of a stylized plant with a three-petalled flower, two leaves and a hooked stem.
According to the original inventory list a label attached read "Bought Cairo 1927, Newberry". There are two rolled hems and two selvedges.
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