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Textile fragment with linked 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
- linen, embroidered with blue and red silk; with a rolled hem in flax
- Dimensions
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14 x 7.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 6.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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.
- EA1984.458
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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 filled with linked diamonds, each outlined by a step pattern embroidered in blue, with a further small red diamond with hook designs at the centre. Each band has an ornate blue border with stylized plants.
The bands are 6.5 cm wide. At right angles to them is a rolled hem with whipped stitching.
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