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Textile fragment with rhombic shapes and squares, probably from a purse or seal-bag
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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, with drawn-thread openwork and overcast stitching in blue, red, and yellow silk; linen piping; with a hem in flax
- Dimensions
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15 x 14.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 9 / 12 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,
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transport/carrier › carrier › bag,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.284
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. vol. ii, illus. vol. i
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A circular shape is covered with openwork embroidery, with red circles and a grid of linked blue rhombics and squares against a background of yellow.
The fabric has a hem and separately sewn on piping for a draw string to be passed through. It was probably used as a small purse or seal bag.
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