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Textile fragment with linked rhombic 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 brown, red, and blue silk; with repair stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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28 x 15 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 28 / 24 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery 8.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.03 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.01 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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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.259
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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 central red band of linked rhombic shapes, each containing a red motif, and a small blue design next to it; both are too small or deteriorated to identify further. On either side of the red band are wide brown borders, beginning with an interlace braid followed by a saw-tooth band and a row of angular plants.
The entire band and border are 8.5 cm wide. The textile is very fragmentary and has several torn pieces sewn together, all crudely stitched.
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