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Textile fragment with an elaborate medallion, trees, birds, and flowers

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    Associated place
    Egypt (find spot)
    Fustat (possible find spot)
    Near East (place of creation)
    Date
    10th - 15th century AD
    Material and technique
    linen, embroidered with red and green silk
    Dimensions
    18.5 x 18 cm (length x width)
    along length/width 16 / 15 threads/cm (thread count)
    ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
    additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 cm (thread diameter)
    Material index
    linen,
    linen,
    silk,
    silk
    Technique index
    plain woven,
    plain woven,
    embroidered
    Object type index
    textile
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
    Accession no.
    EA1993.370

  • Further reading

    Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. p. 331 (vol. iv), illus. vol. iv p. 331

Location

    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries

    Elaborate central medallion with three linked trees and a pair of confronting birds perched on a crenellated diamond with a central swastika; on each side are three diagonal crosses with central swastikas and stylized floral motifs.

    For a similar type of embroidery see "A Guide to Greek Island Embroidery" by Pauline Johnson, fig. 10, p. 39: a bed tent from Kos.

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