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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
- probably linen and brown silk, embroidered with dark-blue, red, and yellow silk; possible remains of metal thread
- Dimensions
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11.5 x 4.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 40 / 40 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 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,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.113.a
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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
The largest of three fragments that were part of a band with the inscription 'glory and prosperity'. The ground of the band is blue, the script is yellow with a red outline.
The yellow filling of the letters shows evidence of couching. It may be the silk core remaining of a metal thread. The ground fabric is a fine plaid weave, apparently woven with flax and silk, the silk with two threads per pick. See the following two fragments [EA1984.113.b & EA1984.113.c] for additional dimensions.
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