Sampler with geometric shapes, stylized floral shapes, and flower-heads

Title

Sampler with geometric shapes, stylized floral shapes, and flower-heads
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

linen, embroidered with red, blue, and green flax and silk
Material index

linen;

flax;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

sampler
Dimensions

36 x 21.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 12 / 11 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.08 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.05 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 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.

EA1993.347

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Catalogue text

Sampler with geometric patterns, repeating stylized floral motifs, diagonal bands with triangles and diagonal bands with geometric flower heads arranged on chevron stems.

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

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