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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 birds, cartouches, and circles
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Literature notes
Two parallel bands and two birds are drawn in black outlines, with remains of painted blue, red, gold and brown. The smaller band is made up from long cartouches and circles; the circles are blue, the cartouches contain a golden tendril and leaves. The two birds face each other; they are naturalistically drawn.
The original accession card identifies the fragment as probably originating in Iraq, dating to the 11th/12th century. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 11th - 12th century (1001 - 1200)
- Material and technique
- cotton, decorated with black ink, and with traces of coloured pigment and gold leaf
- Dimensions
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15 x 14 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 36 / 34 threads/cm (thread count)
0.01 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,covered › metallized › gilded
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1988.18
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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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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
Two parallel bands and two birds are drawn in black outlines, with remains of painted blue, red, gold and brown. The smaller band is made up from long cartouches and circles; the circles are blue, the cartouches contain a golden tendril and leaves. The two birds face each other; they are naturalistically drawn.
The original accession card identifies the fragment as probably originating in Iraq, dating to the 11th/12th century.
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