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Textile fragment with 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 blue and brown silk
- Dimensions
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15 x 6 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 40 / 40 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 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.
- EA1984.46
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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 narrow band of a blue inscription, apparently crossing over or interlacing in the middle. The inscription runs between two parallel brown embroidered lines.
The embroidery is diagonal to the weave; the fragment is similar to EA1984.45, although the ground fabric is considerably finer. As in EA1984.45, the double chain stitch is unusual for Egyptian embroidery.
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