Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt
A selection of 10th to 16th century embroideries from the Newberry collection at the Ashmolean by Marianne Ellis (published Oxford, 2001).
I would like to thank James Allan, Keeper of the Department of Eastern Art, Ashmolean Museum, for encouraging me to research the Newberry Collection of embroideries and to write this booklet. The support of the Barakat Trust is also gratefully acknowledged. My thanks also go to Patricia Baker, Ruth Barnes, Jennifer Wearden and Linda Woolley for their interest and help. Nicholas Penny, National Gallery, London kindly supplied me with the detail of Marco Marziale’s painting. I am especially grateful to Susan Stanton, Textile Conservator, for her assistance and advice and to Jane Inskipp who photographed the embroideries.
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