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

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Patchwork fragment with squares

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    • Lower ground floor | Room 5 | Textiles

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

    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries

    A large patchwork fragment made up of squares within squares, all arranged in diamond patterns. The buttonhole eyelet embroidery is arranged into a floral pattern, as quatrefoils and rosettes.

    The fragment has a seam down the middle.

    The radiocarbon date indicates an Ottoman date for the patchwork piece, of 1599 AD +/- 37.

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