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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.
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Patchwork fragment with quilting, possibly from a bag
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Literature notes
Pink, blue, yellow, and brown silk strips have been sewn together into diamonds. They are embroidered with eyelet rosettes and quilted with running stitch. Raised parallel rows of herringbone separate the diamonds into bands.
The quilted textile has a linen backing. There are the remains of an opening which has a hem and a draw string passed through it. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- coloured silk, quilted, and embroidered with coloured silk; linen backing; drawstring; with a hem in flax
- Dimensions
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34 x 26 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric, along length/width 44 / 44 threads/cm (thread count)
backing, along length/width 22 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
backing 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
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transport/carrier › carrier › bag,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.130
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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
Pink, blue, yellow, and brown silk strips have been sewn together into diamonds. They are embroidered with eyelet rosettes and quilted with running stitch. Raised parallel rows of herringbone separate the diamonds into bands.
The quilted textile has a linen backing. There are the remains of an opening which has a hem and a draw string passed through it.
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