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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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.

The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

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Textile fragment with crosses made of hooks

  • Literature notes

    A band with dark blue embroidery showing small hooks arranged into crosses; the band has two lines of light blue embroidery stitches as a border. Diagonally set to it are two narrow bands, one red with small hooks, the other red and light blue with small diamonds and four-wheeled spirals. The embroidery provides the background.

    The first band is 2.3 cm wide, the second one 0.9 cm, and the third 1.1 cm.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Africa Egypt (find spot)
    AfricaEgyptCairoCairo Fustat (possible find spot)
    Near East (place of creation)
    Date
    10th - 15th century AD
    Material and technique
    linen, embroidered with light-blue, dark-blue, and red silk
    Dimensions
    14 x 11 cm max. (length x width)
    along length/width 20 / 20 threads/cm (thread count)
    embroidery band 1 2.3 cm (width)
    embroidery band 2 0.9 cm (width)
    embroidery band 3 1.1 cm (width)
    ground fabric 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
    additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 cm (thread diameter)
    Material index
    organicvegetalfibreflax linen,
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
    Accession no.
    EA1984.262
  • 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

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  • The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries

    A band with dark blue embroidery showing small hooks arranged into crosses; the band has two lines of light blue embroidery stitches as a border. Diagonally set to it are two narrow bands, one red with small hooks, the other red and light blue with small diamonds and four-wheeled spirals. The embroidery provides the background.

    The first band is 2.3 cm wide, the second one 0.9 cm, and the third 1.1 cm.
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