Textile fragment with band of interlacing and four-leaved tendrils

Textile fragment with band of interlacing and four-leaved tendrils (EA1988.16.a, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with band of interlacing and four-leaved tendrils
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

linen, block-printed with ink or dye
Material index

linen
Technique index

plain woven;

relief print
Object type

textile
Dimensions

12 x 8.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 2 cm (width)
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.

EA1988.16.a

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Catalogue text

A block-printed band of blue-grey interlacing and a four-leaved tendril. The design is only drawn in outline; it does not saturate the reverse.

The width of the band is 2 cm.

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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