Textile fragment with half-diamond-shapes

Textile fragment with half-diamond-shapes (EA1984.170, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with half-diamond-shapes
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 dark-blue thread, possibly wool
Material index

linen;

wool
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

12.5 x 74 cm max. (warp x weft)
17 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 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.

EA1984.170

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Catalogue text

A band of small half-diamonds, arranged in linked triangles; the band has borders divided into small squares.

The band is at right angles to the selvedge.

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

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