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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 band of hexagons and inscription
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Literature notes
The fragment has a band, an inscription, and two identical birds, block-printed in black outlines. The band has linked hexagons with green frames and borders of oval medallions. The birds, inscription, and band also all show remains of painted gold. The inscription probably reads "al-mulk lillah".
There is an open seam at an angle to the printed design. The original accession card states that the textile is from 11th century Iraq. -
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- Associated place
- Date
- 11th century (1001 - 1100)
- Material and technique
- possibly cotton, block-printed with black pigment, and with painting in gold; with an open seam in cotton
- Dimensions
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36 x 22.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 28 / 28 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric .02 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,covered › metallized › gilded,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1988.20
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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
The fragment has a band, an inscription, and two identical birds, block-printed in black outlines. The band has linked hexagons with green frames and borders of oval medallions. The birds, inscription, and band also all show remains of painted gold. The inscription probably reads "al-mulk lillah".
There is an open seam at an angle to the printed design. The original accession card states that the textile is from 11th century Iraq.
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