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Textile fragment with three bands of stars and hexagons
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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 silk; drawn-thread openwork
- Dimensions
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40 x 27 cm (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
outer embroidery bands 7 cm (width)
central embroidery band 6.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.433
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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
Three wide bands of stars and hexagons embroidered in blue double running stitch, mostly worked in steps. These shapes are set into a background of drawn-thread work, the star into a square, the hexagon into a cartouche. All the needle weaving has disappeared.
The width of the bands is 7 cm for the two outer ones, and 6.5 cm for the central band.
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