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Textile fragment with interlacing ovals and knots
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with turquoise and white silk
- Dimensions
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29 x 2.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 36 / 36 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 1.3 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.03 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.
- EA1984.329.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. ii, illus. vol. i
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A band embroidered with a turquoise background has four fine yellow lines of interlacing, creating ovals and knots.
The width of the band is 1.3 cm. It fills almost the entire fragment. The fragment is identical to EA1984.329.a, and both were probably once part of the same fabric.
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