Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

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Textile fragment with repeated inscription

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    • currently in research collection

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  • The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries

    A narrow band contains an inscription, repeated throughout. Above the border are two pairs of birds flanking a central pole.

    The border band is at right angles to the selvedge and has a width of 1.4 cm; the pairs of birds are placed at a wide interval of 16 cm. There are the remains of a rolled hem at one narrow end.

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