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Sampler with floral shapes, V-shapes, pendant, and chevrons
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- cotton, embroidered with red and blue silk; with two hems in flax
- Dimensions
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76.5 x 29 cm (warp x weft)
8 / 12 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm min. (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.
- EA1993.343
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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. 304 (vol. iv), illus. vol. iv p. 304
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Sampler with pairs of geometric floral motifs arranged on stems, geometric V-shaped slit neck borders and bands and an arrowhead-shaped pendant, broad chevron patterned bands and rows of triangles supporting geometric flowers.
There are two selvedges, and both short ends are hemmed.
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