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Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and floral quatrefoils, probably from a garment
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with brown silk; with remains of two flat seams, and an additional seam, in flax
- Dimensions
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24 x 5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 24 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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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.
- EA1984.179
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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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Lower ground floor | Room 5 | Textiles
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Lower ground floor | Room 5 | Textiles
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A band contains small diamonds, each filled with a quatrefoil flower. The spaces between the diamonds repeat half of this floral design. There is a border of stylized palmettes. The embroidery defines the patterning.
There are three remains of seams, two of them flat. The band was probably part of a garment.
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