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Textile fragment with tiraz band
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- AD 912 - 913 (AH 300)
- Associated people
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Abu 'l-Faḍl al-Muqtadir (ruled AD 908 - 932) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- linen or cotton, embroidered with dark-blue silk
- Dimensions
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31.5 x 7.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 23 / 19 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk
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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1988.44
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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. iii, illus. vol. i
Location
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Lower ground floor | Room 5 | Textiles
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Lower ground floor | Room 5 | Textiles
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A tiraz fragment with an inscription that reads "al-imam al-Muqtadir billah amir al-mu'minin a'azahu allah mima 'amara al-wazir Hamid ibn al-'Abbas sanat thulthmi'at" (the Imam al-Muqtadir billah, commander of the faithful, may God glorify him. Among the things ordered by the vazir Hamid ibn al-'Abbas in the year 300/913 AD).
The inscription dates the textile to 913 A.D.; Egypt.
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