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Textile fragment with medallions and kufic inscription
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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-brown and dark-blue silk
- Dimensions
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22.3 x 3.9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 cm (thread diameter)
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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.
- EA1984.32
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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
Glossary
kufic
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kufic
A term denoting various styles of angular Arabic script. Emerged in the early centuries of Islam, kufic soon became the preferred hand to copy holy texts.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Two rows of linked hexagon-shaped medallions, each containing an ornamental kufic inscription. The medallions are defined by an outline of blue silk stitches, while the background is filled with brown stitches. The kufic script is defined by the ground fabric left unembroidered.
The embroidery was made as a band, possibly with a selvedge. The edges are oversewn with embroidery thread. The letters of the inscription are readable, but do not combine to give a meaning. They are paired as mirror images to create a pattern.
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