Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes and diamond-shapes

Title

Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes and diamond-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 light-blue, dark-blue, and white flax; needle-woven drawn-thread and pulled-thread openwork
Material index

linen;

flax
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered;

openwork
Object type

textile
Dimensions

22 x 19 cm max. (warp x weft)
13 / 13 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.07 cm (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.

EA1984.483

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Catalogue text

Bands of various widths, all parallel and filled with S-shapes or diamonds.

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

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