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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 hooks, lions, and crosses, possibly from a tunic
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Literature notes
A complete band is divided into small registers filled with diagonal lines, hooks, and arrow motifs. The band is surrounded by a border with three finials at the narrow sides. The border is a continuous band of small squares, containing in alternation a small lion and a cross.
The textile is made up from two pieces, sewn together with a run-and-fell seam. The embroidery is stitched across the seam. The shape of the band suggests that it was part of a garment, possibly the shoulder front of a tunic. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- two pieces of linen, embroidered with brown silk; joined with a run-and-fell seam in flax
- Dimensions
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42.5 x 14 cm (length x width)
along length/width 17 / 15 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.07 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.526
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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
A complete band is divided into small registers filled with diagonal lines, hooks, and arrow motifs. The band is surrounded by a border with three finials at the narrow sides. The border is a continuous band of small squares, containing in alternation a small lion and a cross.
The textile is made up from two pieces, sewn together with a run-and-fell seam. The embroidery is stitched across the seam. The shape of the band suggests that it was part of a garment, possibly the shoulder front of a tunic.
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