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Textile fragment with band of hexagons and linked diamond-shapes

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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 of red embroidery, with a row of red hexagons filled with a single line of blue embroidery and linked to each other by small diamonds. The band has a fine border along one side with inverted arrows. At right angles to the band is a row of red embroidered small, linked diamonds.

    The width of the wider band is 1.2 cm. Along one side of the fragment there is evidence of a former seam parallel to the band.

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