Textile fragment with rectangle and linked diamond-shapes
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with rectangle and linked diamond-shapes
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Associated place
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Date
10th - 15th century AD -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with blue silk; with repair stitching in mercerized cotton
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
8.5 x 7.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 24 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1984.202
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Catalogue text
A small rectangle is divided into bands, with the wide central band filled with linked diamonds. On either side is a narrow band with linked, interlacing diamonds, as well as a fine border with small, highly stylized plants.
The sewing stitches are modern, and were done to hold the fragment together.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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