Textile fragment with tiraz band
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with tiraz band
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Associated place
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Date
AD 906 - 907 (AH 294) -
Material and technique
linen, embroidered with light-brown silk; with remains of flax sewing thread
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
36 x 16 cm (length x width)
along length/width 23 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.03 cm (thread diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1988.30
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Catalogue text
A tiraz textile with a light brown inscription which reads "bismillah al-rahman al-rahim al-hamdu lillah yumn li 'abdallah Abi Muhammad al-imam al-Muktafi billah amir al-mu'minin ayyadahu allah mima 'umila bi-misr sanat arba'a tis'in mi'atayn" (in the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful, praise to God, success to the servant of God, Abu Muhammad, the Imam, al-Muktafi billah, Commander of the faithful, may God strengthen him, this is what was made in Egypt in the year 294).
There are remains of sewing thread along one short side of the fabric. The inscription dates the textile to 907 AD.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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