Textile fragment with diamond-shaped medallion and pseudo-kufic inscription

Title

Textile fragment with diamond-shaped medallion and pseudo-kufic 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, embroidered with red silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

9.5 x 7.2 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 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.

EA1993.89

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Catalogue text

One diamond-shaped medallion with stepped outlines and containing kufic script which probably reads al-`izz ('glory'); underneath fi 'in'.

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

kufic

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