Sampler fragment with linked diamond-shapes, stylized floral shapes, and stylized figures
Details
-
Title
Sampler fragment with linked diamond-shapes, stylized floral shapes, and stylized figures
-
Associated place
-
Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue flax and red silk; with remains of stitching in flax, possibly once a hem
-
Material index
-
Technique index
-
Object type
-
Dimensions
63 x 39 cm max. (warp x weft)
11 / 9 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.09 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm min. (thread diameter) -
No. of items
1
-
Credit line
Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
-
Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1993.341
Our online collection is being continually updated. Find out more
Know more about this object? Spotted an error? Contact us
-
Catalogue text
Sampler with patterns of lines of linked diamonds, bands with outlines of linked diamonds, V-shaped slit neck (uncut) decorated with geometric bands and pendant, outline patterns of repeating stylized floral motifs and two stylized figures.
There are two selvedges and remains of sewing thread, probably once to hold a hem.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. 302 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 392
Reference URL





































