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Cap with diamond-shapes and triangles
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 1450 - 1550
- Material and technique
- silk, embroidered with coloured silk; linen lining; band and crown joined with a run-and-fell seam in flax
- Dimensions
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12 cm (height)
18 cm (diameter)
ground fabric (silk), along length/width 42 / 42 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (linen), along length/width 21 / 21 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (silk) 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
ground fabric (linen) 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,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.126
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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, vol. i p. 15 n. 2, illus. vol. i
Location
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Lower ground floor | Room 1 | Exploring the Past
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Lower ground floor | Room 1 | Exploring the Past
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A cap is covered with square diamonds and triangles; the diamonds are each filled with nine buttonhole-embroidered squares, while the triangles are embroidered in green or blue, the larger ones around the main band also containing a trefoil.
The cap has a linen lining and a silk outer surface, which is completely filled with embroidery. Band and crown are sewn separately, and are joined with a run-and-fell seam. A label on the rim reads '31. Assiut 1925';
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