The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.
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Textile fragment with bands of S-shapes and diamond-shapes
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Literature notes
Seven very narrow bands are set closely parallel to each other and at right angles to two further bands. All bands have an S-shape alternating with a very small diamond, defined by the ground fabric rather than the stitching. The embroidery colour is either blue or pink, alternating between the two from one band to the next. However, each pink band has a blue single line of running stitches as a border, while each blue band has the same in pink.
The width of each band is 0.5 cm. A single line of brown running stitch is embroidered in a haphazard and apparently careless manner on a part of the ground fabric that is otherwise free from patterning. Along the length of the fabric there is a fine rolled hem. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with blue, pink, and brown silk; with a rolled hem in flax
- Dimensions
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20 x 10 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 0.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.315
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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. ii, illus. vol. i
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Seven very narrow bands are set closely parallel to each other and at right angles to two further bands. All bands have an S-shape alternating with a very small diamond, defined by the ground fabric rather than the stitching. The embroidery colour is either blue or pink, alternating between the two from one band to the next. However, each pink band has a blue single line of running stitches as a border, while each blue band has the same in pink.
The width of each band is 0.5 cm. A single line of brown running stitch is embroidered in a haphazard and apparently careless manner on a part of the ground fabric that is otherwise free from patterning. Along the length of the fabric there is a fine rolled hem.
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