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Textile fragment with chevrons and birds, probably from a tunic
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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 silk
- Dimensions
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8 x 29 cm max. (warp x weft)
20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
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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.
- EA1984.222
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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 bands of chevrons at right angles to each other; the wider one is parallel to the selvedge. The chevrons are made up from linked s-shapes, and each peak has a small circle at the top. There also is the beginning of a continuous pattern of birds facing in opposite directions.
The fragment has a selvedge, which probably once was the lower border of a tunic or a tunic sleeve.
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