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Textile fragment with linked diamond-shapes and arrows
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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, woven with silk warp at selvedge, and embroidered with blue silk
- Dimensions
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28 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
silk warp strip 1.3 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.02 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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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.
- EA1984.188
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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
A band with linked diamonds, each filled with arrow shapes; the band has borders with s-shapes and very small diamonds. In addition there are two remains of bands set at right angles, both with remains of the same design as the first band.
At the selvedge there is a 13 mm wide strip where the warp is very fine silk rather than flax.
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