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Textile fragment from a tunic with heart-shaped flowers
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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 silk; with a hem in flax
- Dimensions
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32 x 15.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.220
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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 bottom of a tunic with a fine border band of heart-shaped leaves or flowers and two parallel lines; the same design is embroidered at right angles to the embroidery at the hem. In addition there is a line of individual hexagons flanked by two small diamonds and containing S-shapes. A design panel with an overall pattern has small, paired geometric Y-shapes arranged vertically and horizontally.
The design arrangement makes it certain that the fragment was once part of a tunic; see EA1984.353 for a complete example. The stitched hem was sewn after the embroidery was done.
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