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Textile fragment with bands of triangles, S-shapes, and diamond-shapes
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 1st half of the 14th century - 1st half of the 15th century
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with blue and brown silk; with hems in flax
- Dimensions
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14.5 x 7 cm max. (warp x weft)
26 / 24 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 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,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.159
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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
Two bands, one with brown, the other with blue embroidery. Both bands have the same patterning, made up of small triangles, s-shapes, and central diamonds. The embroidery provides the background.
The bands are set at right angles between two stitched hems, one of which has a selvedge. They were therefore part of a narrow strip of fabric of uncertain function, possibly to be sewn onto a garment.
The radiocarbon date is 1405 AD +/- 38.
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