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Textile fragment with band of interlace

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    • currently in research collection

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  • The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries

    A wide band filled with continuous interlacing; the interlace bands in turn are filled with cartouches and squares that are ornately filled with geometric patterns. The hexagonal spaces between the interlacing each have a spiral set into an octagon.

    The embroidery of the interlace alternates between medium and light blue; the light blue is done with extremely fine darning stitches. One long side of the fragment has a hem stitched with 2-ply flax thread, while at right angles to it one of the short sides has a rolled hem whipped with silk thread.

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