Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and palmettes, probably from a tunic

Details

• Title

  Textile fragment with diamond-shapes and palmettes, probably from a tunic

• Associated place

  Africa › Egypt (find spot)

  Africa › Egypt › Cairo › Cairo › Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

  Near East (place of creation)

• Date

  10th - 15th century AD

• Material and technique

  linen, embroidered with blue silk; with a hem and two open seams in flax

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre › flax › linen;

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  organic › vegetal › fibre › flax

• Technique index

  woven › plain woven;

  needleworked › embroidered;

  needleworked › stitched

• Object type

  textile;

  clothing › garment › tunic

• Dimensions

  23 x 19.7 cm max. (length x width)
  along length/width 24 / 23 threads/cm (thread count)
  ground fabric 0.03 cm max. (thread diameter)
  ground fabric 0.01 cm min. (thread diameter)
  additional fibre, embroidery 0.03 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.

  EA1993.49

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