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Textile fragment with band of inscription and cartouches
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
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Mamluk Period (1250 - 1517)
Ayyubid Period (1169 - 1260)
- Material and technique
- linen, with some tracing visible, embroidered with blue thread, possibly cotton
- Dimensions
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25 x 18 cm max. (warp x weft)
along length/width 16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.07 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.36
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. vol. ii, illus. vol. i
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Inscription band at right angles to the selvedge, oval cartouches with inscription surrounds and flower centres.
The inscription band reads 'al-'izz wa'l-baqa': glory and eternity, i.e. an indication of good wishes as popular in the Ayyubid and early Mamluk period. There are remains of tracing around the cartouches, revealing that originally they had an elaborate frame. The couching technique is thread couched by itself.
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