Textile fragment with tiraz band

Textile fragment with tiraz band (EA1988.27, front )

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford (image)

Details

Title

Textile fragment with tiraz band
Associated place

Egypt (find spot)

Fustat (possible) (possible find spot)

Near East (place of creation)

Iraq (probable) (probable place of creation)
Date

c. AD 920 - 940
Material and technique

possibly cotton, embroidered with blue silk
Material index

cotton;

silk
Technique index

plain woven;

embroidered
Object type

textile
Dimensions

23 x 31.5 cm max. (warp x weft)
18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 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.

EA1988.27

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Catalogue text

Tiraz fragment with the inscription embroidered in blue silk.

There is a selvedge. The textile is probably from Iraq, dated c. 920-940 AD.

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, vol. iii, vol. i

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