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Textile fragment with interlace of squares
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with blue silk
- Dimensions
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9 x 7 cm (warp x weft)
20 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.06 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
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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.
- EA1984.163
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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 wide band filled with interlacing lines that create small squares. There are the remains of a rhombic shape, possibly once containing an inscription. There is a zigzag border along both sides of the band. The embroidery defines the pattern.
Apparently there was a selvedge, although this is now badly deteriorated. The embroidered band is at right angles to it.
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