Group of textile fragments with quatrefoils

Title

Group of textile fragments with quatrefoils
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)
Date

10th - 15th century AD
Material and technique

brown fabric, embroidered with gilded metal thread
Material index

gold
Technique index

dyed;

gilded;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

lower fragment 5.5 x 2 cm max. (length x width)
right fragment 4.5 x 2.5 cm max. (length x width)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.02 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.

EA1984.364

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Catalogue text

A group of small fragments behind glass; the above measurements refer to the two largest pieces. The fibre of the ground fabric cannot be identified through the glass, but the gold thread embroidery is still clearly visible. It is arranged into a pattern of quatrefoils.

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

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