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Textile fragment with bands of spirals
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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 black, red, and green silk
- Dimensions
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30.5 x 23.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 12 / 12 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 3.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.07 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.06 cm min. (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,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.106
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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
Three narrow bands are set next to each other; the two outer ones have black meander-like spirals connected alternately to top and bottom of the band, the central band has small red crescents or semi-circles linked to each other with a stepped pattern.
The width of the three bands together is 3.5 cm.
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