Textile fragment with interlacing knots

Textile fragment with interlacing knots (EA1984.524, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with interlacing knots
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 thread, possibly silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

13.5 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 31 / 29 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 6 cm (width)
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.

EA1984.524

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Catalogue text

A band is filled with a continuous design of interlacing knots, seven rows wide, and with borders of small S-shapes. All designs are embroidered in stepped double running stitch.

The band is 6 cm wide. The embroidery is exceptionally fine.

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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