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Textile fragment with an elaborate medallion, trees, birds, and flowers
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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 red and green silk
- Dimensions
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18.5 x 18 cm (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 15 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 cm (thread diameter)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk
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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.
- EA1993.370
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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. 331 (vol. iv), illus. vol. iv p. 331
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
Elaborate central medallion with three linked trees and a pair of confronting birds perched on a crenellated diamond with a central swastika; on each side are three diagonal crosses with central swastikas and stylized floral motifs.
For a similar type of embroidery see "A Guide to Greek Island Embroidery" by Pauline Johnson, fig. 10, p. 39: a bed tent from Kos.
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