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Textile fragment with linked circles and paired birds
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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 yellow, turquoise, and grey silk
- Dimensions
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25.5 x 20 cm (length x width)
along length/width 14 / 15 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 3 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
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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.
- EA1984.586
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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 central band with linked circles, of which every second one holds an heraldic eagle. On either side of the band are the remains of paired birds sitting facing each other at the top of a plant. The plants have a trefoil tip.
The band is 3 cm wide. The embroidery of the trees is very deteriorated.
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