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Textile fragment with linked triangles
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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-blue and light-blue silk; remains of dark-blue and yellow silk brocade, and blue and white checked cotton; joined with a flat seam in flax
- Dimensions
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20.5 x 11 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
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.
- EA1984.397
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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 continuous pattern of triangles (or heart-shapes) containing a single chevron, and linked to each other at the apex. The base of the triangles has a zigzag shape. The direction of each of the triangle pairs changes by 90 degrees and alternates between light and dark blue.
The change of direction also applies to the stitches. Along one side there are remains of a dark blue and yellow (undyed) silk brocade, as well as cotton blue and white check. Held by a flat seam.
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