Textile fragment with bands of diagonal crosses

Textile fragment with bands of diagonal crosses (EA1993.349, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with bands of diagonal crosses
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 and blue flax
Material index

linen;

flax
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

20.5 x 36 cm (warp x weft)
12 / 10 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.08 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.

EA1993.349

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Catalogue text

Narrow bands of large and small diagonal crosses: the large ones are composed of four small squares arranged around a central cross.

There are two selvedges.

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. 310 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 310

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