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Textile fragment with inscription and tendrils
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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 red silk
- Dimensions
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13.5 x 3 cm max. (length x width)
following the weave 11 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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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.
- EA1984.214
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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 band containing the repeat of an inscription and a tendril curved in reverse S-shape. The embroidery defines the design.
The embroidery is diagonal to the weave structure. As the measurements given above are for the maximum length and width, following the direction of the weave, they are misleading. The fragment's actual measurements are 13.5 cm x 3 cm.
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