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Textile fragment with two half diamond-shapes
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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 and yellow silk; flax fringe
- Dimensions
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19.5 x 6 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.01 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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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.
- EA1984.550
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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
Two half diamonds and a large spiral ending in a 'hand of Fatima' design; one of the half diamonds and the spiral have a border of small hooks. There also is a narrow border band with an inscription.
The textile has a fringe which is made from 2-ply, s-spun flax, inserted into the linen fabric. The border of the main textile has a chain stitch line embroidered in blue and yellow silk.
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