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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 bands of inscription and blazons
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Literature notes
Three bands with blue or red inscription and a single blazon containing a red, six-petalled rosette; a fourth band with a blue inscription and rosette blazon has been sewn onto the end.
The fragment with the single band has been sewn on upside down. Three of the bands have blue script, one red. The blue inscription in one band has disintegrated, and the tracing line has become visible. The larger fragment is stained to a dark yellow. The best preserved band is the single one added at one end; it has a gauze backing, probably of recent origin and sewn on as conservation measure.
The inscriptions read: 1. 'al-ilm wa'l-hilar wa'l' (knowledge…..);
2. ?
3. 'al-iqbal wa'' (prosperity…..);
4. ..…al-'izz wa'l-iqbal' (glory and prosperity). -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- two pieces of linen, with some tracing visible, embroidered with red and blue silk; linen gauze backing; joined with stitching in cotton
- Dimensions
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32.5 x 14 cm (length x width)
ground fabric 1, along length/width 21 / 28 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 2, along length/width 21 / 31 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 1 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 1 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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,woven › gauze woven,assembled › woven › gauze woven,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.58
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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
Three bands with blue or red inscription and a single blazon containing a red, six-petalled rosette; a fourth band with a blue inscription and rosette blazon has been sewn onto the end.
The fragment with the single band has been sewn on upside down. Three of the bands have blue script, one red. The blue inscription in one band has disintegrated, and the tracing line has become visible. The larger fragment is stained to a dark yellow. The best preserved band is the single one added at one end; it has a gauze backing, probably of recent origin and sewn on as conservation measure.
The inscriptions read: 1. 'al-ilm wa'l-hilar wa'l' (knowledge…..);
2. ?
3. 'al-iqbal wa'' (prosperity…..);
4. ..…al-'izz wa'l-iqbal' (glory and prosperity).
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