Textile fragment with linked medallions and birds
This small tapestry-woven fragment reveals the degree of continuity between the Coptic and Fatamid textile production in Egypt. Stylized scrolling motifs in alternating colours depict lobed palmettes and pairs of facing birds, a motif often used on Fatimid textiles as well as other media.
Details
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Title
Textile fragment with linked medallions and birds
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Associated place
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Date
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Material and technique
linen, plain woven and tapestry woven with white flax and coloured silk
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Object type
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Dimensions
14.5 x 8.5 cm (length x width)
tabby woven section, along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
0.05 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.
EA1988.63
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Catalogue text
A tapestry band is woven in rust red, green, yellow, and blue silk and white flax, with linked medallions containing pairs of birds that face each other. The medallions are in white outlines and filled with red, green, and blue.
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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