Textile fragment with linked S-shapes and crosses

Textile fragment with linked S-shapes and crosses (EA1984.332, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with linked S-shapes and 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, embroidered with blue and red silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

8.5 x 21.5 cm max. (warp x weft)
20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 7 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 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.

EA1984.332

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Catalogue text

A wide band of linked, horizontal S-shapes, embroidered in blue against a red background. The S-shapes are filled with a line of small crosses. Along both sides runs a blue border.

The band is at right angles to the selvedge. The width of the band is 7 cm, including the border.

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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