Sampler fragment with chevrons and double crosses

Title

Sampler fragment with chevrons and double crosses
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 flax, and brown and olive-green thread, possibly cotton
Material index

linen;

flax;

cotton
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

sampler
Dimensions

21.5 x 10 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 14 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.08 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.

EA1984.493

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Catalogue text

Sampler fragment with one band filled with small chevrons and double crosses, and very narrow bands with small triangles or arrows alternating with simple crosses, and a step pattern. The chevrons are worked in counted straight stitch. Some of the double running stitch uses two colours, which makes it easy to follow the stitch sequence.

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

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