Textile fragment with linked squares

Textile fragment with linked squares (EA1984.534, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with linked 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 dark-blue silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

21.5 x 13 cm (length x width)
along length/width 21 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 8 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.04 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.

EA1984.534

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Catalogue text

A broad band filled with a checkerboard of linked squares, each filled with a four-armed spiral. The band has a narrow border with a continuous vine running along both sides.

The width of the band is 8 cm.

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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