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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 grid and stylized letter
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Literature notes
Three rectangles, the two outer ones in blue, the central one with traces of brown embroidery. The design shows a grid of diagonal lines, each compartment containing a stylized letter reading 'ali', which could indicate a Fatimid origin. The use of pattern darning running stitch, on the other hand, is usually only associated with the Mamluk period. The blue bands have borders of stylised flowers.
The fragment is made up of three separate bands sewn together with a flat seam (run-and-fell), and with a rolled hem along one side. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Material and technique
- three pieces of linen, embroidered with blue and brown silk; joined with a flat (run-and-fell) seam in flax; with a rolled hem in flax
- Dimensions
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17.5 x 6.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 24 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.04 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.01 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,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.298
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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 rectangles, the two outer ones in blue, the central one with traces of brown embroidery. The design shows a grid of diagonal lines, each compartment containing a stylized letter reading 'ali', which could indicate a Fatimid origin. The use of pattern darning running stitch, on the other hand, is usually only associated with the Mamluk period. The blue bands have borders of stylised flowers.
The fragment is made up of three separate bands sewn together with a flat seam (run-and-fell), and with a rolled hem along one side.
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