Tughraa of an Ottoman Sultan with flower sprays

Details

• Title

  Tughraa of an Ottoman Sultan with flower sprays

• Associated place

  Africa › Egypt (find spot)

  Africa › Egypt › Cairo › Cairo › Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

  Near East (place of creation)

• Date

  18th - 19th century (1701 - 1900)

• Material and technique

  cotton, embroidered with cream silk and metal thread; with four hems in cotton

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton;

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  processed material › metal

• Technique index

  woven › plain woven;

  needleworked › embroidered;

  needleworked › stitched

• Object type

  visual representation › emblem › tughraa;

  textile

• Dimensions

  60.5 x 58 cm (length x width)
  along length/width 21 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
  ground fabric 0.08 cm (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.

  EA1993.283

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