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Textile fragment with knotted interlace, trefoils, and leaves
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 2nd half of the 13th century - 1st half of the 15th century
- Material and technique
- blue silk, possibly warp-faced plain woven, and embroidered with yellow and red silk; linen backing
- Dimensions
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9.5 x 5 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric, along length/width 18 / 34 threads/cm (thread count)
backing, along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
backing 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,dyed,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.267
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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 self-contained small knotted interlace has four trefoils attached, with leaves and tendrils added on either side. The design is embroidered in red lines with yellow outlines.
The embroidery is stitched on a double layer of fabric, the upper one blue silk woven in ?warp-faced tabby, the lower one (reverse) flax.
The fragment has been radiocarbon dated to 1390 +/- 75.
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