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Textile fragment with rosette and palmettes, possibly from a cushion
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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 blue and yellow silk; with stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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20.3 x 17 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 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,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.40
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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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Publications online
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A large eight-petalled rosette is defined by two parallel outlines embroidered in split stitch. The rosette has a dot in the centre and is set into a square with a palmette border.
Straight lines of stitching at right angles and following two sides of the border suggest that the fragment was sewn up as a rectangle, possibly as a cushion. Along the long edge with stitching are also the remains of additional yellow silk threads.
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