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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 rhombuses and diamond-shapes
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Literature notes
Two parallel bands with diamonds and rhombic shapes outlined in blue stem stitch. The rhombic shapes once had a red embroidery pattern which can no longer be identified, while the space in between was filled with green embroidery worked in slanted counted filling stitch worked in diagonal rows.
The bands are 1.5 cm wide and set apart 6.3 cm. There is a finely rolled hem along one side at right angles to the bands. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with green and red silk, and dark-blue cotton; with a rolled hem in flax
- Dimensions
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11.5 x 10 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 16 / 16 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery bands 1.5 cm (width)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 cm max. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm min. (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,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.383
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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. iii, 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
Two parallel bands with diamonds and rhombic shapes outlined in blue stem stitch. The rhombic shapes once had a red embroidery pattern which can no longer be identified, while the space in between was filled with green embroidery worked in slanted counted filling stitch worked in diagonal rows.
The bands are 1.5 cm wide and set apart 6.3 cm. There is a finely rolled hem along one side at right angles to the bands.
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