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Textile fragment from the neck of a dress with stylized floral shapes
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- silk, plain and satin woven, dyed black, and embroidered with coloured silk and metal thread; linen ground; with stitching in silk
- Dimensions
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47.5 x 30.5 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric (linen), along length/width 14 / 15 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (silk), along length/width 40 / 40 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,dyed,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1993.338
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. p. 299 (vol. iv), illus. vol. iv p. 299
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Bands of geometric design with borders of stylized floral motifs at the shoulder, one side and around V-shaped neck opening; heart-shaped medallion at point of V surrounded by spirals and crosses.
The fragment is part of a dress, with the neck opening and the shoulder still intact. The ground linen fabric has been overlaid with black silk, most of which is deteriorated.
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