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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.
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Tab with plant
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Literature notes
A tab with a single central plant, embroidered with turquoise blue slanted counted filling stitch worked on the diagonal, with the remains of two pairs of leaves and a flower head. The background has drawn work embroidered with yellow silk thread. The tab has a border with remains of foliage. All turquoise shapes are outlined in reddish brown stem stitch.
The drawn-thread work has needle-woven bars, but also includes some overcast stitches. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with turquoise and reddish-brown silk; overcast stitching and needle-woven drawn-thread openwork in yellow silk
- Dimensions
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19 x 10.5 cm (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 24 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.03 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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
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textile › hanging › tent-hanging,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.281
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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
A tab with a single central plant, embroidered with turquoise blue slanted counted filling stitch worked on the diagonal, with the remains of two pairs of leaves and a flower head. The background has drawn work embroidered with yellow silk thread. The tab has a border with remains of foliage. All turquoise shapes are outlined in reddish brown stem stitch.
The drawn-thread work has needle-woven bars, but also includes some overcast stitches.
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