Textile fragment with bands of diamond-shaped squares

Textile fragment with bands of diamond-shaped squares (EA1984.156, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with bands of diamond-shaped squares
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 blue cotton
Material index

linen;

cotton
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

30 x 20.5 cm max. (warp x weft)
24 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 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.

EA1984.156

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Catalogue text

Two wide bands, each filled with diamond-shaped squares. The embroidery defines the background.

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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