Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes

Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes (EA1984.319, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with bands of S-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 blue and brown silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

36 x 29 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 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.

EA1984.319

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Catalogue text

Two sets of three narrow bands each, filled with horizontal S-shapes and placed at right angles between two bands of the same design.

The embroidery provides the background; it changes colour along one band, from blue to dark brown.

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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