Newberry Collection
Explore Percy and Essie Newberry's important collection of textiles including Islamic embroideries and Indian block-printed fragments.
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Textile fragment with circles and rosettes
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with blue, brown, and pink silk, and flax or possibly cotton
- Dimensions
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26 x 3.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 28 / 28 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.02 cm min. (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 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,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.118
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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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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A narrow band is divided into small rectangles, each with a single white rosette with six petals, some of these with remains of a pink centre. The rosettes are set into a blue circle against a brown background. White flax stem stitch provides the frames of the compartments.
The fragment has been radiocarbon dated to 1212 +/- 50.
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