Textile fragment with tiraz band

Textile fragment with tiraz band (EA1988.40.b, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with tiraz band
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)

Iraq (possible) (possible place of creation)
Date

10th century (AD 901 - 1000)
Material and technique

cotton or linen, embroidered with brown silk
Material index

cotton;

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

ground fabric 17 x 12.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 33 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.02 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.

EA1988.40.b

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Catalogue text

A tiraz fragment with a narrow inscription which is very deteriorated.

The original accession card gives Iraq as possible provenance and dates the textile to the 10th century.

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

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