Textile fragment with chevrons, circles, and stars

Details

  • Title

    Textile fragment with chevrons, circles, and stars

  • 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, brown, and white flax

  • Material index

    linen;
    flax
  • Technique index

  • Object type

  • Dimensions

    27.5 x 11 cm max. (length x width)
    along length/width 16 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
    ground fabric 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
    additional fibre, embroidery 0.12 cm (thread diameter)
  • No. of items

    1

  • Credit line

    Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.

  • Museum location

  • Museum department

    Eastern Art

  • Accession no.

    EA1993.259

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  • Catalogue text

    Band with chevron pattern enclosing small circles with six-pointed stars; beneath are three narrow bands with crosses and circles.

    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. 220 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 220

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