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Textile fragment from a scarf or girdle end with hearts
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with blue silk; with two rolled hems in silk
- Dimensions
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24 x 13 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 19 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk
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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.
- EA1993.229
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Further reading
Ellis, Marianne, Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, in association with Greenville: Curious Works Press, 2001), no. 44 on p. 65, illus. p. 65
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. p. 190 (vol. iv), illus. vol. iv p. 190
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt
Here a band with heart-shaped motifs and lattice borders has been embroidered on an item of dress. It is the central one of three bands arranged across a scarf or girdle end and worked in both split stitch and a variation that produces jagged lines as seen on fragment No. 43 [EA1993.230]. The heart shape was a popular subject for decorating textiles in Egypt over a long period and can already be seen on colourful Coptic tapestry-woven textiles from as early as the 6th century. -
The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Three horizontal bands of heart-shaped motifs arranged alternately; each band has a narrow border of diamond pattern.
There are two finely rolled hems. The fragment probably was a sash.
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