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Textile fragment from a tunic with geometric bands
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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; with a hem in flax
- Dimensions
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54.5 x 44 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (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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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.
- EA1984.101
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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 sequence of three bands placed close together, the central one with geometric lines, possibly inspired by inscription, and the two outer ones with diamonds and S-shapes. The central band is repeated at the hem of the fragment; three thin bands of linked diamonds connect the three bands with the border at the hem; one of these also has S-shapes.
The large fragment clearly was part of a tunic. There is a wide hem sewn along one edge.
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