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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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.

The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

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Textile fragment with alternating rectangles and squares

  • Literature notes

    A narrow band is divided into alternating rectangles and squares. The design outlines are embroidered in yellow satin stitch; the rectangles are further divided by a lozenge containing an S-shape embroidered in blue double running stitch and triangles of yellow pulled work with wrapping stitches in diagonal lines. The squares each hold a small four-armed spiral outlined in blue double running stitch.

    The band is 1.2 cm wide.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Africa › Egypt (find spot)
    Africa › Egypt › Cairo › Cairo › Fustat (possible find spot)
    Near East (place of creation)
    Date
    10th - 15th century AD
    Material and technique
    linen, embroidered with dark-blue and yellow silk; pulled-thread openwork
    Dimensions
    30 x 4.5 cm max. (length x width)
    along length/width 27 / 30 threads/cm (thread count)
    embroidery band 1.2 cm (width)
    ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
    ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
    additional fibre, embroidery 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
    more
    Material index
    organic › vegetal › fibre › flax › linen,
    processed material › textile › linen,
    organic › animal › animal product › silk,
    processed material › textile › silk
    Technique index
    woven › plain woven,
    assembled › woven › plain woven,
    needleworked › embroidered,
    decorated › openwork
    Object type index
    textile
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
    Accession no.
    EA1984.439

  • 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

    • currently in research collection

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  • The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries

    A narrow band is divided into alternating rectangles and squares. The design outlines are embroidered in yellow satin stitch; the rectangles are further divided by a lozenge containing an S-shape embroidered in blue double running stitch and triangles of yellow pulled work with wrapping stitches in diagonal lines. The squares each hold a small four-armed spiral outlined in blue double running stitch.

    The band is 1.2 cm wide.
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