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Textile fragment with diagonal grid of lozenges
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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 brown silk; with remains of flax sewing thread
- Dimensions
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19 x 13 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 27 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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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.
- EA1984.420
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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
Small squares and lozenges are linked to create a diagonal grid. The space between has a cluster of four small squares arranged as a cross. The design is set into a rectangle with borders on all four sides. There is the beginning of an additional design field with small squares linked by diagonal lines.
There are the remains of sewing thread along one narrow side.
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