Textile fragment with inscription

Title

Textile fragment with inscription
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

linen and brown silk, embroidered with dark-blue, red, and yellow silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

2.5 x 1.3 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 40 / 40 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 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.

EA1984.113.b

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Catalogue text

See EA1984.113.a.

In: Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

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