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Textile fragment from a garment with stepped S-shapes
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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 dark-brown silk; linen backing; joined with stitching in flax; with additional stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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27.5 x 3.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 20 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.
- EA1984.178
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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 has a stepped s-pattern arranged in a row. The embroidery provides the background.
The band was at the edge of a garment, as the fragment has two layers of material carefully sewn together back to back. In addition there are rows of stitches at right angles to the border and at regular intervals, to hold the two layers together.
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