Textile fragment with chevrons and triangles

Textile fragment with chevrons and triangles (EA1993.191, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with chevrons and triangles
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 blue cotton
Material index

linen;

cotton
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

46 x 6 cm (length x width)
along length/width 13 / 10 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.06 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 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.

EA1993.191

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Catalogue text

Two bands with chevron and triangle patterns.

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. 152 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 152

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