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Textile fragment with linked hexagons, squares, and S-shapes
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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 dark-blue silk; with a rolled hem in flax
- Dimensions
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37.5 x 16 cm (length x width)
along length/width 14 / 17 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1 & 2 3 cm (width)
embroidery band 3 3.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.07 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.05 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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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.
- EA1984.322
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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
Three bands filled with linked hexagons, each containing a square with two narrow bands of S-shapes, adjoined by a small diamond on either side. The hexagons are linked to each other with a diamond-and-hook motif.
A rolled and whipped hem along one side of the textile; two long bands are placed parallel to the hem. At right angles is the third band. The two parallel bands are 3 cm wide, the third one at right angles is slightly wider (3.5 cm).
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