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Textile fragment with tiraz band
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- AD 908 - 932 (AH 295 - 320)
- Material and technique
- cotton, embroidered with brown silk
- Dimensions
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41 x 36 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
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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.
- EA1988.50
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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 fragment with an inscription that reads "baraka min allah wa'l- min allah wa'l-ni'ma (?) min allah wa'l-'izz (?) li 'abdallah al-khalifa Ja'far al-imam al-Muqtadir billah amir al-mu'minin" (blessing from God, and from God, and well-being from God, and glory to the servant of God, the Caliph, Ja'far, the Imam, al-Muqtadir billah, commander of the faithful).
The inscription dates the textile to H 295-320/908-932 AD. It was made in Iraq.
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