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Textile fragment with bands of vines and leaves, 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 blue and pink silk; with a rolled hem in silk
- Dimensions
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15 x 14.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1.4 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (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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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.317
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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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Publications online
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Three parallel bands are set at right angles to a fourth band. All four bands have a continuous vine with stylized single leaves; two of them are embroidered in pink, two in blue. The embroidery defines the background.
The width of the bands is 1.4 cm; the three parallel bands are set at a distance of 1.5 cm between each. They follow the same direction as a fine, rolled hem, carefully sewn with silk whipping stitches. This was probably the bottom part of a garment.
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