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Cap with triangles and stars
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- silk, embroidered with coloured silk; linen lining; lining sewn with a run-and-fell seam in flax
- Dimensions
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11 cm (height)
13.5 cm (diameter)
ground fabric (linen), along length/width 18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (silk) 0.01 cm (thread diameter)
ground fabric (linen) 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.08 cm (thread diameter)
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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.
- EA1984.127
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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, vol. i p. 15 n. 2, illus. vol. i
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A cap entirely covered with embroidery; the circular band has triangles and stars embroidered with close counted herringbone and satin stitch. The crown of the cap has small square diamonds filled with buttonhole circles.
The cap's silk outer fabric is barely visible, as the embroidery is very close. The linen lining is sewn with a run-and-fell seam.
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