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Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and arrows
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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 black thread, possibly cotton
- Dimensions
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13.5 x 46 cm max. (warp x weft)
16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
central embroidery band 3 cm (width)
border embroidery bands 0.7 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 cm (thread diameter)
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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.
- EA1984.194
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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 diamonds containing facing arrows, and separated by paired arrows, as in EA1984.190; on either side is an additional border band with a single row of chevrons. The black embroidery defines the design.
The central band is 3 cm wide, the two borders are 0.7 cm each. They are set at right angles to the selvedge and cover the full length of the fabric.
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