Patchwork fragment with squares
On display
Details
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Title
Patchwork fragment with squares
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Associated place
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Date
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Material and technique
coloured silk patchwork, embroidered with coloured silk; linen backing; with a seam, possibly in silk
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
40.5 x 28 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 50 / 50 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
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Museum location
Lower ground floor | Gallery 5 | Textiles -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1984.124
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Catalogue text
A large patchwork fragment made up of squares within squares, all arranged in diamond patterns. The buttonhole eyelet embroidery is arranged into a floral pattern, as quatrefoils and rosettes.
The fragment has a seam down the middle.
The radiocarbon date indicates an Ottoman date for the patchwork piece, of 1599 AD +/- 37.In: Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, vol. ii, vol. i
