Textile Fragment
1250-1516 (made)
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Fragment of a plain woven, undyed linen cloth, possibly a scarf, decorated with counted-thread embroidery in dark blue silk. The majority of the decoration is done in double running stitch, consisting of two main parallel bands of alternating elongated hexagons and eight pointed stars (the latter enclosing a whirling rosette), surrounded by diamonds with S- and Z-shapes. Above and below each of these are two further, narrow bands.
The double running stitch is usually over 3 threads, except for the borders where it is over 4. Areas of the bands are decorated further with pulled and drawn thread needlework, with kloster blocks and dove's eye stitch.
The right hand side of the fabric has a selvedge. The fabric has been mounted to a modern backing, and all edges hemmed down.
Thread count: 233/24 (Z/Z)
The double running stitch is usually over 3 threads, except for the borders where it is over 4. Areas of the bands are decorated further with pulled and drawn thread needlework, with kloster blocks and dove's eye stitch.
The right hand side of the fabric has a selvedge. The fabric has been mounted to a modern backing, and all edges hemmed down.
Thread count: 233/24 (Z/Z)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plain woven linen with silk embroidery |
| Brief description | Fragment of a scarf, linen with silk embroidery, el-Azam, Egypt, Mamluk period |
| Physical description | Fragment of a plain woven, undyed linen cloth, possibly a scarf, decorated with counted-thread embroidery in dark blue silk. The majority of the decoration is done in double running stitch, consisting of two main parallel bands of alternating elongated hexagons and eight pointed stars (the latter enclosing a whirling rosette), surrounded by diamonds with S- and Z-shapes. Above and below each of these are two further, narrow bands. The double running stitch is usually over 3 threads, except for the borders where it is over 4. Areas of the bands are decorated further with pulled and drawn thread needlework, with kloster blocks and dove's eye stitch. The right hand side of the fabric has a selvedge. The fabric has been mounted to a modern backing, and all edges hemmed down. Thread count: 233/24 (Z/Z) |
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| Gallery label | FRAGMENT OF A GARMENT
Linen with silk embroidery
EGYPT (found at al -A'zam in Upper Egypt) between 1200 and 1400 AD(Used until 11/2003) |
| Production | Found at Al-A'zam in Upper Egypt |
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| Bibliographic reference | R. Ettinghausen, 'New Light on Early Animal Carpets', in R. Ettinghausen (ed.), Aus der Welt der Islamischen Kunst. Festschrift fur Ernst Kuhnel (Berlin, 1959), pp. 114-6, Fig. 17. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 770-1898 |
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| Record created | December 2, 2003 |
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