Textile fragment with fish

Textile fragment with fish (EA1984.600, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with fish
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 yellow silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

11 x 8.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 23 / 23 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.5 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.

EA1984.600

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Catalogue text

A band with interlacing and a trefoil peak; next to it there is a red fish, with some details picked out in yellow.

The embroidery is very deteriorated.

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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