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Fragment from the neck opening of a tunic with crosses and diamond-shapes
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with pink silk and brown thread, possibly cotton; remains of lining, probably linen; with stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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36.5 x 32.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 13 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.07 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.05 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 cm min. (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,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.352
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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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Lower ground floor | Room 5 | Textiles
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Lower ground floor | Room 5 | Textiles
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Publications online
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Neck opening of a tunic with a continuous triangular field of brown crosses. The triangle points downwards, and the two sides are embroidered with a border of four hooks each. At the base of the neck opening is a diamond-shaped lozenge, also with two hook shapes attached, similar to a pendant. Small pink ornaments are of uncertain design, as they have badly deteriorated.
There are remains of lining along the neck rim.
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