Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and triangles

Title

Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and triangles
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

silk, twill and plain woven, dyed black or indigo, and embroidered with red, yellow, and blue silk
Material index

silk
Technique index

twill woven;

plain woven;

dyed;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

16 x 3.7 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 cm (thread diameter)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1993.315

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Catalogue text

Line of alternating diamonds and paired triangles.

In: Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum