Textile fragment with palmette and tendrils

Title

Textile fragment with palmette and tendrils
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

patchwork in red, light-blue, and dark-blue fabric, possibly cotton or linen; undyed and light-blue linen appliqué; with stitching in blue flax
Material index

linen;

cotton;

flax
Technique index

plain woven;

dyed;

patchwork;

appliqué;

stitched
Object type

textile
Dimensions

25 x 9.5 cm (length x width)
ground fabric 1, along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 2, along length/width 26 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 3, along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
additional fabric 0.03 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fabric 0.01 cm min. (thread diameter)

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No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1984.135

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Catalogue text

A wide red band with an appliqué square containing a palmette, surrounded by tendrils. On both sides of the band are narrow dark and light blue borders, the light blue with an interlacing band.

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