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Sampler fragment with parallel bands containing S-shapes and hexagons
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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 flax
- Dimensions
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36 x 30 cm max. (warp x weft)
17 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 cm (thread diameter)
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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.
- EA1984.487
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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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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
The fragment is completely covered with parallel bands containing a variety of designs, including S- and arrow-shapes, hexagons filled with diamonds, stars, and stylized plants. All designs are embroidered in stepped double running stitches.
The great variety of designs suggests that the fragment was part of a sampler. There is a selvedge along one side. The textile has been sewn onto a cloth backing. Much of the embroidery has lost its colour.
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