Textile fragment with squares and flowers

Textile fragment with squares and flowers (EA1988.71, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with squares and flowers
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Egypt (place of creation)
Date

10th - 12th century (AD 901 - 1200)
Material and technique

linen, partly dyed yellow, embroidered with yellow flax
Material index

linen;

flax
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

23.5 x 7 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 11 / 13 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 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.

EA1988.71

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Catalogue text

A white and yellow checker design is woven into the ground fabric, with flowers embroidered into the white squares.

The original accession card gives the textile a 10th to 12th century date and Egyptian provenance.

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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