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Textile fragment with inscription and arabesque tendrils, possibly from a wall hanging
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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 red and blue silk
- Dimensions
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23.5 x 19 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 23 / 23 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (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.
- EA1984.64
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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 arabesque tendrils borders a wide inscription. The tendrils are set into lozenges and triangles, alternating blue and red and embroidered in couching stitch. The inscription reads 'al-hilm'; it is red, embroidered in couching stitch, with remains of blue outlines in stem stitch.
The large scale of the inscription suggests that the original fabric was to be displayed rather than worn as a garment. Laid threads are couched down over surface satin filling stitches. Outlines are worked in stem stitch.
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