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Textile fragment with squares and possibly quatrefoils
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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, woven with silk warp at selvedge, and embroidered with dark-brown silk
- Dimensions
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23 x 11 cm max. (warp x weft)
20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
at selvedge 40 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk
- Technique index
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.208
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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 are parallel to each other, but set apart. Their design is made up from small squares containing ?quatrefoils; they also have a border with a small comb pattern. The bands are set diagonally to a very narrow border band with a continuous stylized vine, placed parallel to the selvedge.
At the selvedge the flax warp is replaced by silk, which results in a much higher warp threadcount of 40 per centimeter.
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