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Textile fragment with trefoil, probably from a garment
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- possibly linen, with a seam in flax; embroidered with dark-blue silk
- Dimensions
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19 x 12 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 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.
- EA1984.34
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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 large vertical trefoil and a horizontal half-trefoil are embroidered along a seam. The design is defined by two parallel outlines worked in stem stitch, filled with dark blue satin stitch embroidery fields alternating with unembroidered areas.
The seam is a false hem; it probably was part of the edge of a garment. The embroidery was done after the hem had been added.
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