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Group of textile fragments with quatrefoils
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- brown fabric, embroidered with gilded metal thread
- Dimensions
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lower fragment 5.5 x 2 cm max. (length x width)
right fragment 4.5 x 2.5 cm max. (length x width)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
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dyed,covered › metallized › gilded,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.364
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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
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A group of small fragments behind glass; the above measurements refer to the two largest pieces. The fibre of the ground fabric cannot be identified through the glass, but the gold thread embroidery is still clearly visible. It is arranged into a pattern of quatrefoils.
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