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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; with a hem in flax
- Dimensions
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15.5 x 10.5 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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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.
- EA1984.445.c
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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
Again the cartouche design of EA1984.445.a is repeated, but is very fragmentary. There also are the remains of the star-shape of EA1984.445.a. The designs are outlined in yellow satin stitch and blue double running. The background of the cartouche is made up of drawn-thread work with overcast and loop stitch, as well as pulled work with wrapping stitch in diagonal rows. There is a fine border with S-shapes and lozenges.
There is a fine hem along one side of the fragment.
The fragment 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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