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Textile fragment with lions
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- late 13th century
- Associated people
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probably Sultan Baibars I (ruled 1260 - 1277) (heraldry on object)
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with red and blue silk; with stitching in flax; some tracing visible
- Dimensions
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12.5 x 7.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
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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.
- EA1984.60
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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
Two blue lions with red outlines walk from right to left; each is set into a hexagonal shape defined by linked lozenges, which have partly deteriorated, but they were outlined prior to stitching. The lozenges are outlined in red and each contain two half-palmettes.
The small lions have a long tail curving over the animals' backs and a raised front paw. This probably identifies them with Sultan Baybars who ruled 1260-1277. The fragment has the shape of a small pocket or lappet. Laid threads are couched down over surface satin filling stitches. There are remains of outlines, possibly worked in stem stitch.
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