Textile fragment with large and small stylized trees

Textile fragment with large and small stylized trees (EA1993.140, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with large and small stylized trees
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 silk
Material index

linen;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

15.6 x 13.6 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 17 / 17 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 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.

EA1993.140

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Catalogue text

A band with large and small stylized trees placed alternately.

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. 101 (vol. iv), vol. iv p. 101

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