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Textile fragment with band of diamond-shapes, triangles, and pseudo-kufic inscription
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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 coloured silk or wool
- Dimensions
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36.5 x 23.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 12 / 15 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 cm (thread diameter)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1993.364
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. p. 325 (vol. iv), illus. vol. iv p. 325
Glossary
kufic
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kufic
A term denoting various styles of angular Arabic script. Emerged in the early centuries of Islam, kufic soon became the preferred hand to copy holy texts.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A band with diamond and hook motifs; groups of three triangles each are set along either side. At the bottom of the cloth is an inscription in pseudo-kufic.
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