Room 5 | Textiles gallery
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Textile fragment, possibly from a sash or shawl
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with blue and yellow silk; pulled-thread and drawn-thread openwork
- Dimensions
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12 x 6 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 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.
- EA1984.445.b
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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
Location
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- currently in research collection
Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
The cartouche design of EA1984.445.a is repeated here, but is very fragmentary. The designs are outlined in yellow satin stitch and blue double running stitch. The background of the cartouche is made up of drawn-thread work with overcast and loop stitch, and there is some pulled work with wrapping stitch in diagonal lines. There is a fine border with S-shapes and lozenges.
The related fragment of EA1984.445.c has been radiocarbon dated to 1395 +/- 40.
Notice
Objects may have since been removed or replaced from a gallery. Click into an individual object record to confirm whether or not an object is currently on display. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis, so contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular Eastern Art object.
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