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Textile fragment from a slipper front with linked crosses
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Material and technique
- linen and blue silk, embroidered with yellow flax; overcast edging; bound in leather
- Dimensions
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12.5 x 7 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric (linen), along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (silk), along length/width 23 / 23 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (linen) 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
ground fabric (silk) 0.03 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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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,dyed,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.360
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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. iii, illus. vol. i
Location
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Lower ground floor | Room 5 | Textiles
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Lower ground floor | Room 5 | Textiles
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Publications online
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Linked crosses are arranged in a line and as small clusters.
The piece is the front of a slipper, with overcast edging and leather binding. A linen fabric is covered with blue silk and embroidered. There is a fine leather edge as well as remains of leather against the back, which was the slipper's inside.
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