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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 quilted bands
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Literature notes
Quilted into bands, with rows of squares set into diamonds, and completely filled with buttonhole eyelets. Most of these are of the same pink as the background, but there are white eyelets arranged as rosettes, each with a black centre, and set into the four corners of each square. In addition there are yellow and blue buttonhole eyelets. The wide bands are separated by quilted narrow ones with a herringbone border and three rows of eyelets.
The textile has a linen backing and a carefully hemmed border on two sides. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- pink silk, quilted, and embroidered with coloured silk; linen backing; with a hem in silk
- Dimensions
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37 x 29.5 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric, along length/width 36 / 36 threads/cm (thread count)
backing, along length/width 14 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
backing 0.06 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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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.129
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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
Quilted into bands, with rows of squares set into diamonds, and completely filled with buttonhole eyelets. Most of these are of the same pink as the background, but there are white eyelets arranged as rosettes, each with a black centre, and set into the four corners of each square. In addition there are yellow and blue buttonhole eyelets. The wide bands are separated by quilted narrow ones with a herringbone border and three rows of eyelets.
The textile has a linen backing and a carefully hemmed border on two sides.
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