Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and hooks

Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and hooks (EA1984.236, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and hooks
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 light-red silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

37.5 x 14 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 14 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
ground fabric 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.

EA1984.236

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Catalogue text

Large diamonds are filled with inverted hook motifs and bands of very small diamonds. On one side of the embroidery is a wide band made up of rows of zigzags and diamonds.

The embroidery fills the entire fragment.

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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