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Textile fragment with leaves and palmettes, possibly from trousers or a collar
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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; linen backing; with stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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11 x 5.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 34 / 34 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 4.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.03 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.01 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 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.
- EA1984.263.b
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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 of heart-shaped leaves filled with a palmette, as in EA1984.263a. The embroidery follows the outline.
The width of the band is 4.5 cm. It is made up from a double layer of fabric, with the embroidery stitched through both layers. The band may have been from the bottom of trouser legs, or possibly a collar.
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