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Textile fragment with inscription, possibly from a cuff
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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 brown silk; linen backing; with a false hem and remains of two run-and-fell seams in flax
- Dimensions
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21 x 3.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 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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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.45
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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 with a blue inscription running between two parallel brown lines embroidered on either side, and above it a row of alternating blue trefoils and brown crescents or flowers.
The band has been sewn onto a ground fabric of flax. The edge is a false hem, and on the reverse are the remains of two run-and-fell seams; possibly it was once the cuff of a sleeve. The double chain stitch is unusual for Egypt.
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