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Associated place

Africa › Egypt (find spot)

Africa › Egypt › Cairo › Cairo › Fustat (possible find spot)

Date

probably 11th century (1001 - 1100)
Fatimid Period (AD 909 - 1171)

Material and technique

linen, tabby woven and tapestry woven with gold thread, flax, and coloured silk; with a run-and-fell seam in flax

Dimensions

11 x 10 cm (length x width)
along length/width 37 / 31 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery band 5 cm (width)
ground fabric .02 cm (thread diameter)

Material index

processed material › textile,

organic › vegetal › fibre › flax,

processed material › textile,

organic › animal › animal product,

processed material › metal,

organic › vegetal › fibre

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Technique index

covered › metallized

Object type index

textile

No. of items

1

Credit line

Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.

Accession no.

EA1988.64
Further reading

Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, vol. iii, vol. i

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