Textile fragment with band of inscription

Title

Textile fragment with band of 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 blue and brown silk; with a rolled hem in flax
Material index

linen;

silk;

flax
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered;

stitched
Object type

textile
Dimensions

9.5 x 13.5 cm max. (warp x weft)
25 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
inscription band 0.7 cm (width)
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.

EA1988.61

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Catalogue text

A narrow inscription band, 0.7 cm wide and embroidered in blue, is set at right angles between the selvedge and a finely rolled hem. There are also remains of two brown bands, of the same width.

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

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