Textile fragment with floral scrolling border, birds, and circles

Textile fragment with floral scrolling border, birds, and circles (EA1993.249, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with floral scrolling border, birds, and circles
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 light-blue and dark-blue silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

17 x 5.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 28 / 28 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 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.

EA1993.249

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Catalogue text

A floral scrolling border in light-blue is placed above a band with birds and circles.

The embroidery is very worn; it is therefore difficult to establish the design and stitch.

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. 210 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 210

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