Textile fragment with crescents

Details

• Title

  Textile fragment with crescents

• Associated place

  Africa › Egypt (find spot)

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

  Near East (place of creation)

• Date

  10th - 15th century AD

• Material and technique

  linen, embroidered with blue silk; needle-woven openwork in yellow silk; with remains of flax sewing thread

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre › flax › linen;

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  organic › vegetal › fibre › flax

• Technique index

  woven › plain woven;

  needleworked › embroidered;

  decorated › openwork;

  needleworked › stitched

• Object type

  textile;

  visual representation › emblem › banner

• Dimensions

  11 x 10 cm max. (length x width)
  along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
  ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
  ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
  additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 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.

  EA1984.276

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