Textile fragment with diamond-shapes with hook finials

Title

Textile fragment with diamond-shapes with hook finials
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

linen, woven with blue supplementary weft
Material index

linen;

flax
Technique index

dyed;

plain woven;

supplementary weft woven
Object type

textile
Dimensions

12 x 87 cm (warp x weft)
16 / 11 threads/cm (thread count)
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.

EA1984.592

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Catalogue text

A band woven in supplementary weft, using blue flax thread, has a design of single diamonds with hook finials. Each diamond is set into a rectangular compartment defined by two blue lines.

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

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