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Textile fragment with repeated inscription
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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 light-blue thread, possibly silk
- Dimensions
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7 x 28 cm max. (warp x weft)
26 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 1.4 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (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.
- EA1984.551
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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 narrow band contains an inscription, repeated throughout. Above the border are two pairs of birds flanking a central pole.
The border band is at right angles to the selvedge and has a width of 1.4 cm; the pairs of birds are placed at a wide interval of 16 cm. There are the remains of a rolled hem at one narrow end.
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