Textile fragment with S-shapes and diamond-shapes

Textile fragment with S-shapes and diamond-shapes (EA1984.207, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with S-shapes 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 red silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

14 x 9 cm max. (warp x weft)
14 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 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.

EA1984.207

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Catalogue text

Two bands, parallel but widely spaced, with s-shapes linked by small diamonds. The embroidery defines the design.

There is a selvedge, and the embroidery bands are set at right angles to it. They are not stitched all the way up to it.

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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