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Textile fragment with linked scrolls of S-shapes, possibly from a garment
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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 blue silk; with repair stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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13 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 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.
- EA1984.290
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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
Two narrow bands are arranged in parallel v-shapes, each filled with a linked scroll pattern of s-shapes. The embroidery defines the background.
The bands are 1.5 cm wide. There is some mending down the centre of the fragment, probably done after excavation. The bands may have been intended to be the neck border design of a garment.
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