Textile fragment with cross and trefoil finials

Textile fragment with cross and trefoil finials (EA1993.97, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with cross and trefoil finials
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 blue silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

13 x 7.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.08 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.

EA1993.97

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Catalogue text

An elaborate cross with trefoil finials.

"Couched" written on the original card by Percy Newberry.

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, p. 58 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 58

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