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Textile fragment with tiraz band
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- AD 906 - 907 (AH 294)
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with light-brown silk; with remains of flax sewing thread
- Dimensions
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36 x 16 cm (length x width)
along length/width 23 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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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.
- EA1988.30
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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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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A tiraz textile with a light brown inscription which reads "bismillah al-rahman al-rahim al-hamdu lillah yumn li 'abdallah Abi Muhammad al-imam al-Muktafi billah amir al-mu'minin ayyadahu allah mima 'umila bi-misr sanat arba'a tis'in mi'atayn" (in the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful, praise to God, success to the servant of God, Abu Muhammad, the Imam, al-Muktafi billah, Commander of the faithful, may God strengthen him, this is what was made in Egypt in the year 294).
There are remains of sewing thread along one short side of the fabric. The inscription dates the textile to 907 AD.
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