Textile fragment with an elaborate cross, diamond-shape, and quatrefoil
Details
-
Title
Textile fragment with an elaborate cross, diamond-shape, and quatrefoil
-
Associated place
-
Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with light-blue and dark-blue silk
-
Material index
-
Technique index
-
Object type
-
Dimensions
12 x 4.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 21 threads/cm (thread count)
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
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1993.136
Our online collection is being continually updated. Find out more
Know more about this object? Spotted an error? Contact us
-
Catalogue text
A quatrefoil contains an elaborate cross with a central diamond. The outlines are worked in dark-blue double stitch, the quatrefoil is filled with slanted counted stitch.
There are remains of a border with small diagonal lines.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, p. 97 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 97
Reference URL
