Textile fragment with sprays of flowers and leaves

Textile fragment with sprays of flowers and leaves (EA1993.253, front )

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Details

Title

Textile fragment with sprays of flowers and leaves
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

cotton, embroidered with coloured silk
Material index

cotton;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

18 x 15.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 21 / 21 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 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.

EA1993.253

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Catalogue text

Remains of a circle filled with sprays of flowers and leaves.

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, p. 214 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 214

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