Sampler fragment with eight parallel bands

Sampler fragment with eight parallel bands (EA1984.484, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Sampler fragment with eight parallel bands
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 and dark-blue flax
Material index

linen;

flax
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

sampler
Dimensions

29 x 7.5 cm max. (warp x weft)
14 / 10 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.08 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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.

EA1984.484

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Catalogue text

A sampler fragment with eight parallel bands or rectangles embroidered with interlacing or S-shapes.

There is a selvedge, and all bands are at right angles to it.

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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