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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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8.3 x 6.5 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)
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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.
- EA1984.445.d
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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
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Publications online
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
The star-shape of EA1984.445.a is repeated, but is very fragmentary. The designs are outlined in yellow satin stitch and blue double running stitch. The background is with S-shapes in lozenges and small squares containing a spiral. One of the star's points has a small triangle embroidered in fine, blue darning stitch.
There is a fine hem along one side of the fragment.
The related fragment of EA1984.445.c has been radiocarbon dated to 1395 +/- 40.
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