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Textile fragment with flowers, buds, and leaves, probably from a sash or scarf
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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 red, green, and blue silk; with a hem in silk
- Dimensions
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25.5 x 16.5 cm (warp x weft)
19 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
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organic › animal › animal product › silk
- Technique index
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1993.271
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. p. 232 (vol. iv), illus. vol. iv p. 232
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A continuous design of linked flowers, buds and leaves on stems, arranged in diagonal bands.
The embroidery is very fine, with each running stitch moving over and under a single thread. The cloth was probably part of a sash or scarf. The design covers the complete width. There is a finely sewn hem along one side, and a selvedge along the other.
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