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Textile fragment from the neck of a garment with vines and leaves
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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 brown silk; with stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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29 x 11 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 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.
- EA1984.351
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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. iii, illus. vol. i
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A band contains a continuous vine with single leaves. Next to it is a wider continuous vine, of which every second loop has a large heart-shaped leaf attached, containing a small trefoil. At the end of the band are the remains of an embroidered pendant.
The embroidery follows the neck outline of a garment, with the pendant at the base of the opening, as is commonly found in garments. The embroidery defines the outline of the design.
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