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Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes, X-shapes, and diamond-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, red, and blue silk; with a rolled hem in silk
- Dimensions
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31.5 x 30.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 15 / 15 threads/cm (thread count)
short band of X-shapes 8 cm (length)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.08 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,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.328
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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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Publications online
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
The large, square fragment has narrow bands with three different designs. Along one side is a dark blue band filled with S-shapes; at right angles to it and parallel to a hem are three medium blue bands with paired X-shapes, each pair separated by a dot. One of these bands is only 8 cm long and continuous with a single line of running stitch. Finally there are three bands in one corner, of diamonds and half-diamonds separated by a vertical line and alternating between dark blue and red.
A rolled hem is whipped with silk thread.
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