Textile fragment with band of linked diamond-shapes

Textile fragment with band of linked diamond-shapes (EA1984.144, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with band of linked 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

linen, embroidered with brown silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

15 x 12 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 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.

EA1984.144

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Catalogue text

A wide band, with remains of a further band along either side, filled with linked diamond shapes, each one containing a further diamond in the centre. The diamonds are broken up by small chevrons and linked arrows. The fragmentary bands on either side have hook motifs.

The arrow and hook patterning is created by extending the span of the darning stitches on the reverse, so the pattern appears light against a brown ground.

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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