Textile fragment with stripes and diamond-shapes

Title

Textile fragment with stripes 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, dyed blue, light-blue, and white, and woven with supplementary weft
Material index

linen
Technique index

dyed;

supplementary weft woven
Object type

textile
Dimensions

34 x 11 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 28 threads/cm (thread count)
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.

EA1988.53

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Catalogue text

A woven design of blue and light blue stripes, alternating with stripes that include diamond patterns made from supplementary weft.

In: Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

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