Textile fragment with floral shapes and possibly fish

Title

Textile fragment with floral shapes and possibly fish
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 red and blue silk; with two hems in flax
Material index

linen;

silk;

flax
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered;

stitched
Object type

textile
Dimensions

12 x 7 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 19 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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.

EA1993.84

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Catalogue text

A repeating stylized floral motif with a small fish? at its centre, alternately red and blue and arranged in diagonal rows; there are two hems, along one of which there is a row of small red hexagons.

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

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