Textile fragment with inscription

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Title

Textile fragment with inscription
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

Ayyubid Period (1169 - 1260)
Material and technique

linen, embroidered with undyed, brown, and blue thread, possibly silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

11.5 x 4.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm min. (thread diameter)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
Museum location

Lower ground floor | Gallery 5 | Textiles
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1984.111.b

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Catalogue text

As in EA1984.111.a, a narrow band contains an inscription; the two fragments were originally part of the same fabric.

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

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