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Textile fragment with two parallel bands of chevrons
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- eight pieces of linen, four pieces embroidered with blue thread, possibly cotton or wool; glued to a hessian backing
- Dimensions
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28 x 6 cm (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1.3 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.8 cm (thread diameter)
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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.
- EA1984.554
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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 narrow parallel bands, each containing a single row of ornate chevrons made up from opposed S-shapes and a cross at the peak.
The width of the bands is 1.3 cm. The fragment is made up from eight scraps of which four are embroidered; these small fragments are glued to a hessian backing.
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