All About Egyptian Textiles: An Interview with Seif El Rashidi
“Tarkhan Dress,” circa 3482 – 3201 BCE, Tarkhan, Egypt, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Coptic weaving, 6th century CE, Antinoöpolis, Egypt, Louvre Museum
Sampler, 14th-16th century, Egypt, Victoria and Albert Museum
“Textile Featuring Arabic Inscriptions,” 12th century, attributed to Egypt, Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Model of a Textile Workshop,” on display in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo, Egypt, photo from Majalla Magazine
“Thatcher Panel,” example of Egyptian appliqué work, 1920s, Egypt, brought by a wealthy American traveller to Egypt and passed down through their family. Inscriptions read: “Justice is the key to dominion,” “the wellbeing of man is in controlling his tongue,” “welcome to those approaching,” and “through gratitude bounty increases”
“Banks of the Nile,” Sayed Mahmoud, 2008-9, Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre, Harrania, Egypt, British Museum
“Silk Mamluk carpet,” circa 1500, Cairo, Egypt, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
“The Ardabil Carpet,” 1539-40, Iran, Victoria and Albert Museum
“The Tree of Life,” Fayek Nicholas, 1958, Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre, Harrania, Egypt
“Ancient woven Coptic textile fragments,” 5-7th century, Egypt, PBA Galleries and “boxers” from sampler, Mary Pots, 1648, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Barakat Trust: https://barakat.org/
- The Tentmakers of Cairo: Egypt’s Medieval and Modern Appliqué Craft: https://bookshop.org/books/the-tentmakers-of-cairo-egypt-s-medieval-and-modern-applique-craft/9789774168024
- “The Long and Interwoven: History of Egyptian Textiles”: https://rawi-magazine.com/articles/coptic_textiles/
- “Fabric Palaces: The Art of Tentmaking, from the Ancient to the Modern”: https://rawi-magazine.com/articles/elrashiditentmakers/
- Traditional Costumes of Saudi Arabia: https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/traditional-costumes-of-saudi-arabia/
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