Textile fragment with cusped medallions and interlaced knots

Textile fragment with cusped medallions and interlaced knots (EA1993.122, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with cusped medallions and interlaced knots
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 brown and undyed silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

28 x 15.7 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 26 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.01 cm min. (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.

EA1993.122

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Catalogue text

Remains of a wide band with cusped medallions containing an interlaced knot, arranged in staggered rows between borders with chevrons.

"Algerian, satin and double running" and "13 -15?" written on the original card by Percy Newberry. For the honeycomb pattern see also EA1984.485.

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, p. 83 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 83

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