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Textile fragment with bands of leaves and spiral trees
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- two pieces of linen, embroidered with coloured silk; joined with a flat seamin flax; with a hem in flax; linen button and button-loop
- Dimensions
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41.5 x 25 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 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,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.112
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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
Two parallel bands have heart-shaped leaves and spiral trees, alternating and embroidered in yellow and green; a single band with remains of brown, yellow, green, and blue embroidery is too deteriorated to be able to make out the design.
Two pieces of fabric are sewn together with a flat seam. A button made up from fabric and a button loop remain along a hemmed edge parallel to the bands.
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