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Textile fragment with band of diamond-shapes and crosses
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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 turquoise, yellow, and black silk
- Dimensions
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22.5 x 3 cm (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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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.
- EA1984.588
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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 narrow band of diamonds alternating with crosses. The diamonds are set into turquoise squares, the crosses have a fine black frame. All outlines are embroidered in double running stitch, the turquoise areas are filled with split stitch, and the yellow areas are embroidered with slanted counted filling stitch worked in diagonal rows. Satin stitch is used for the border, as well as four some yellow details.
The fragment is identical in design and certain technical characteristics to EA1984.473.
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