Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes and stylized shapes, possibly flowers

Title

Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes and stylized shapes, possibly flowers
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 red silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

17 x 12 cm (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 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.

EA1984.333

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Catalogue text

Two parallel bands filled with diagonal lines and stylized pairs of ?flowers attached. The diagonal patterns are embroidered alternately in red and blue. Both bands have borders with remains of S-shapes.

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

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