Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes and squares

Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes and squares (EA1984.143, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes and squares
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 brown silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

17.5 x 17 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 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.

EA1984.143

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Catalogue text

Three bands of fine, brown embroidery, each containing s-shapes alternating with clusters of six squares. The design is defined by the ground fabric, and the embroidery stitching provides the background.

The pattern darning moves at right angles to the band

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. ii, vol. i

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