Textile fragment with medallions or scrolls

Textile fragment with medallions or scrolls (EA1984.578, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with medallions or scrolls
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 coloured silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

15.5 x 9 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 17 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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.

EA1984.578

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Catalogue text

A band with fragmentary remains of medallions or scrolls, possibly also bunches of fruit, against a background of red. A further ?medallion is set against a solidly red background.

The embroidery of the textile is too fragmented to further analyse the design.

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, vol. i

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