Textile fragment with band of linked cartouches

Textile fragment with band of linked cartouches (EA1984.580, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with band of linked cartouches
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 coloured silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

33.5 x 9.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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.

EA1984.580

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Catalogue text

A band of linked cartouches, each filled with two inscriptions and two small tendrils ending in a trefoil. The cartouches have green borders partly outlined in brown; the space between them is filled with hearts.

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. iii, vol. i

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