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Textile fragment with two parallel bands of circles and S-shapes
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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 dark-brown cotton or silk; with stitching in cotton and silk
- Dimensions
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33.5 x 20 cm (length x width)
along length/width 14 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1 cm max. (width)
ground fabric 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
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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.
- EA1984.522
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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. iii, illus. vol. i
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Two parallel bands, each consisting of two rows of small circles alternating with S-shapes.
The very narrow and finely stitched bands probably derive from the visual appearance of tiraz embroidery, but have no meaning. Each band is a maximum of 1 cm wide, and the distance beteen the two is 11.5 cm.
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