Textile fragment with interlacing crosses and diamond-shapes

Textile fragment with interlacing crosses and diamond-shapes (EA1984.204, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with interlacing crosses 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-blue silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

sampler
Dimensions

11 x 7 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 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

not on display
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1984.204

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Catalogue text

A wide rectangle contains a band with interlacing cross motifs and diamond shapes. The band has a small border along either side with a zigzag design.

As the band is clearly limited in length, the fragment may have been part of a sampler.

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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