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Textile fragment with quatrefoils, possibly from a sash or turban band
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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 light-blue and pink silk; with a rolled hem in silk
- Dimensions
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19.5 x 12.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm min. (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,
- Object type index
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clothing › head-gear › turban › turban cloth,textile › cloth › turban cloth
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.408
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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
Three bands, the central band with small quatrefoils linked by diagonal lines, and the two outer ones with stylized plants, each with three pairs of branches and small flower heards. The colour of the pattern alternates between pale blue and pink.
A finely rolled hem, whipped with silk thread, is along three sides of the cloth. It probably was part of a sash or turban band.
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