Textile fragment with three bands of lozenges

Textile fragment with three bands of lozenges (front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with three bands of lozenges
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

25 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 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.

EA1984.471

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Catalogue text

Three parallel bands of lozenges, either containing an S-shape worked in satin stitch, or a Z-shape embroidered in double running stitch.

There is a selvedge at right angles to the bands. Each band is 1.5 cm wide. Most of the embroidery has badly deteriorated.

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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