Textile fragment with diamond-shape, hexagon, rectangle, and linked crosses

Title

Textile fragment with diamond-shape, hexagon, rectangle, and linked crosses
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

linen, dyed blue, and embroidered with white flax
Material index

linen;

flax
Technique index

plain woven;

dyed;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

11 x 7.5 cm (warp x weft)
18 / 17 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.06 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.

EA1993.239

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Catalogue text

A central diamond is enclosed within a hexagon inside a rectangle; all lines are defined by linked crosses.

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

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