Textile fragment with linked chevrons

Textile fragment with linked chevrons (EA1984.389, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with linked chevrons
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 brown silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

42 x 24 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 26 / 30 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 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.

EA1984.389

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Catalogue text

A continuous field of linked chevrons, containing S-shapes and small diamonds.

The brown embroidery has mostly disappeared, but the prick marks are clearly visible and make it possible to trace the design.

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. iii, vol. i

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