Textile fragment with three rows of crescents

Textile fragment with three rows of crescents (EA1984.607, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with three rows of crescents
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 dark-blue silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

33.5 x 23.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.01 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 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.

EA1984.607

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Catalogue text

Three parallel rows of widely spaced crescents composed of script, and containing a ?trefoil.

The embroidery is very deteriorated, and it is not certain which stitch was used.

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

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