Textile fragment with interlacing circles

Title

Textile fragment with interlacing circles
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 stitching in flax
Material index

linen;

silk;

flax
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered;

stitched
Object type

textile
Dimensions

18 x 13 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 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.

EA1984.216

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Catalogue text

A band of blue linked, interlacing circles, each containing a red design that may be partly an inscription. Parallel to the band, but set apart, are two narrow, red bands with interlacing circular and oval shapes, possibly stylized tendrils and flowers.

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

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