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Textile fragment from a turban cover with sprays of flowers and leaves
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 1320 - 1420
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with red, green, and white silk and metal thread; with remains of a rolled hem
- Dimensions
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41 x 25 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 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.
- EA1993.278
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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. 239 (vol. iv), illus. vol. iv p. 239
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Curled sprays of flowers and leaves are arranged in staggered rows; in one corner, smaller floral sprays are arranged above a curved line of beads.
Part of a turban cover. There are the remains of a finely rolled hem.
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