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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 linked diamond-shapes
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Literature notes
Band of linked diamonds, each with a small diamond at the centre. Along either side is a narrow border band. The diamonds are three-quarter dark blue, then the thread switches to light blue. The narrow borders have light blue embroidery, with the exception of a single dark blue line.
The dark blue embroidery thread seems to be cotton, the light blue may be flax. The latter is embroidered in a strand containing three threads. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with dark-blue thread, probably cotton, and light-blue thread, possibly flax
- Dimensions
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24.5 x 8 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 18 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
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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.
- EA1984.192
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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
Band of linked diamonds, each with a small diamond at the centre. Along either side is a narrow border band. The diamonds are three-quarter dark blue, then the thread switches to light blue. The narrow borders have light blue embroidery, with the exception of a single dark blue line.
The dark blue embroidery thread seems to be cotton, the light blue may be flax. The latter is embroidered in a strand containing three threads.
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