Textile fragment with diamond-shapes

Title

Textile fragment with diamond-shapes
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

silk, embroidered with cream silk; drawn-thread and needle-woven openwork
Material index

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

openwork;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

38.5 x 6.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 14 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.01 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.

EA1993.282

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Catalogue text

Band with geometric pattern of diamonds.

In: Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

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