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Textile fragment with bands of rectangles and diamond-shapes, probably from a garment
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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, embroidered with brown silk
- Dimensions
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77 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 15 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 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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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.258
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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 long narrow band and remains of three additional bands at right angles, all with the same design of three diagonal lines alternating with rectangles filled with two very small diamonds.
There may be the remains of a selvedge along one narrow side. The fragment is probably from the hem line of a garment.
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