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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 cartouche, trefoils, and leaves
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Literature notes
A wide band is filled with a hexagonal cartouche made up from a square filled with linked trefoils and leaves, partly arranged as a large ornate quatrefoil, and two triangles along parallel sides of the square. The triangles are each filled with a floral vine. The background of the band is filled with openwork embroidered in yellow silk, the hexagon is embroidered with slanted counted filling stitch worked on the diagonal. The embroidery defines the background. Along either side of the band is a border with a continuous vine. Again the embroidery in green slanted filling stitch defines the background. -
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- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with green silk; drawn-thread openwork in yellow silk
- Dimensions
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21 x 17.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 26 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (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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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.285
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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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Publications online
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A wide band is filled with a hexagonal cartouche made up from a square filled with linked trefoils and leaves, partly arranged as a large ornate quatrefoil, and two triangles along parallel sides of the square. The triangles are each filled with a floral vine. The background of the band is filled with openwork embroidered in yellow silk, the hexagon is embroidered with slanted counted filling stitch worked on the diagonal. The embroidery defines the background. Along either side of the band is a border with a continuous vine. Again the embroidery in green slanted filling stitch defines the background.
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