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Textile fragment with reversed S-shapes and a spiral
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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 cotton
- Dimensions
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20.5 x 16.5 cm max. (warp x weft)
18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.06 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
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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.
- EA1984.165
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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 contains linked hexagons and squares, framed by hook motifs. One hexagon holds an angular reversed s-shape, the other a spiral with four arms. On each side of the wide band is a narrow border band with small s-shapes and dots; the same band is repeated a third time near one side of the fragment. The bands are at right angles to the selvedge.
Selvedge.
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