Textile fragment with rectangle and diamond-shapes

Textile fragment with rectangle and diamond-shapes (EA1984.152, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with rectangle and 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 dark-brown silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

11.5 x 7 cm (warp x weft)
16 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery 7.5 x 4.5 cm (length x width)
ground fabric 0.07 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.05 cm min. (thread diameter)

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No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1984.152

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Catalogue text

A rectangle containing an unidentifiable, linear shape filled with small diamonds. The embroidery fills the background.

The rectangle is 7.5 cm x 4.5 cm and is placed parallel to the selvedge.

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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