Textile fragment with grid and swastikas

Title

Textile fragment with grid and swastikas
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

silk, partly dyed dark-blue and light-blue, and probably plain-woven
Material index

silk
Technique index

dyed;

plain woven
Object type

textile
Dimensions

21 x 17 cm (length x width)
0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
0.01 cm min. (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.

EA1988.65

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Catalogue text

A fragment with a woven design, showing a dark blue grid against a natural coloured ground, with small swastikas at the intersection. At the edge is a light blue band.

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

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