Textile fragment with tiraz band

Title

Textile fragment with tiraz band
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

possibly cotton, embroidered with red, dark-brown, and yellow silk
Material index

cotton;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

15 x 14 cm (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 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.

EA1988.34

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Catalogue text

A tiraz fragment with the inscription embroidered in red, brown, and yellow. It is too deteriorated to be able to read.

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

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