Textile fragment with linked squares and swastikas

Textile fragment with linked squares and swastikas (EA1984.381, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with linked squares 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

linen, embroidered with brown silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

15.5 x 5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 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.

EA1984.381

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Catalogue text

A continuous design of small, linked squares filled with a swastika has a border which creates a complex design of interlace.

For the continuous, grid-like pattern the brown embroidery provides the background to the swastika, while in the border it creates the pattern.

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. iii, vol. i

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