Textile fragment with stylized floral spray

Textile fragment with stylized floral spray (EA1993.312, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with stylized floral spray
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

20 x 15 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.01 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 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.

EA1993.312

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Catalogue text

Stylized floral spray of flowers with hooked tendrils and small leaves arranged on three curved stems.

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. 273 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 273

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