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Textile fragment with chevron, fleur-de-lys, and vine
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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 silk; with stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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18.5 x 22 cm max. (warp x weft)
22 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.52
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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 wide chevron band in red, with a fleur-de-lys set into the two peaks. There also is a border with a continuous vine and trumpet-shaped single leaves.
The design would have continued beyond the selvedge. There are remains of stitching along the selvedge. Threads are couched down over surface satin filling stitches.
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