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Textile fragment from a garment with two bands containing vines
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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; with a rolled hem in flax
- Dimensions
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27 x 8.5 cm (warp x weft)
22 / 25 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 0.05 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.03 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,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.571
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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 bands, one each placed parallel to the narrow ends of the textile. The bands are filled with a continuous vine scroll. The embroidery fills the background.
The width of the bands is 0.5 cm. There is a selvedge along one long side, and a fine rolled hem along the three other sides. The textile is the complete inset of a garment.
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