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Textile fragment with quatrefoils, possibly from a sash
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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 silk
- Dimensions
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25 x 24.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 24 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 4 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.03 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.
- EA1984.530
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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 band of quatrefoils with diamond centres; one half the width of the design is repeated along both borders. The very fine embroidery is almost entirely in stepped double running stitch.
The width of the band is 4 cm. There is a finely rolled, whipped hem along three sides, suggesting that the fabric was part of a sash.
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