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Textile fragment with hexagons linked by diamond-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
- two pieces of linen, embroidered with brown silk; joined with a seam in blue silk
- Dimensions
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33 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 19 / 17 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 5.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 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,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.456
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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
A band with ornate hexagons, linked by a diamond with four bird heads emerging from it. The hexagons have a pearl border and contain seven small diamonds against a background of dots. The band has a border of small triangles alternating with heart-shaped leaves.
A crudely sewn seam holds two pices of the fragment together; one is the reverse side. The width of the embroidered band is 5.5 cm.
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